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Review of Scientific Instruments / Volume 79 / Issue 10 / PROCEEDINGS OF THE 17TH TOPICAL CONFERENCE ON HIGH-TEMPERATURE PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS / OPTICAL (IR, VISIBLE, UV, EUV), MOTIONAL STARK EFFECT, CHARGE EXCHANGE, RECOMBINATION, BEAM EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY, OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY, AND SUPRATHERMAL ELECTRONS—BRENTLY STRATTON, SESSION CHAIRMAN

Rev. Sci. Instrum. 79, 10F506 (2008); doi:10.1063/1.2965013 (3 pages)

Imaging photomultiplier array with integrated amplifiers and high-speed USB interface a

a Contributed paper, published as part of the Proceedings of the 17th Topical Conference on High-Temperature Plasma Diagnostics, Albuquerque, New Mexico, May 2008.
M. Blacksell, J. Wach, D. Anderson, J. Howard, S. M. Collis, B. D. Blackwell, D. Andruczyk, and B. W. James

Plasma Research Laboratory, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia

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(Received 12 May 2008; accepted 7 July 2008; published online 31 October 2008)

Multianode photomultiplier tube (PMT) arrays are finding application as convenient high-speed light sensitive devices for plasma imaging. This paper describes the development of a USB-based “plug-n-play” 16-channel PMT camera with 16 bits simultaneous acquisition of 16 signal channels at rates up to 2 MS/s per channel. The preamplifiers and digital hardware are packaged in a compact housing which incorporates magnetic shielding, on-board generation of the high-voltage PMT bias, an optical filter mount and slits, and F-mount lens adaptor. Triggering, timing, and acquisition are handled by four field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) under instruction from a master FPGA controlled by a computer with a LABVIEW interface. We present technical design details and specifications and illustrate performance with high-speed images obtained on the H-1 heliac at the ANU.

© 2008 American Institute of Physics

Article Outline

  1. INTRODUCTION
  2. HARDWARE OVERVIEW
  3. ELECTRONICS
    1. Transimpedance amplifiers
    2. Analog to digital converters
    3. Analog to digital converter FPGA controller
    4. Master FPGA controller/USB/HV module
    5. Future developments

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KEYWORDS and PACS

Keywords

data acquisition, field programmable gate arrays, photomultipliers, plasma diagnostics, user interfaces

PACS

  • 52.70.Kz

    Optical (ultraviolet, visible, infrared) measurements

  • 85.60.Ha

    Photomultipliers; phototubes and photocathodes

  • 07.05.Hd

    Data acquisition: hardware and software

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0034-6748 (print)  
1089-7623 (online)

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