Figure 3
Determination of the light arrival time at the ICCD. The ICCD signal is measured with varying gate delay after bunch clock synchronization during the 24-bunch mode, in which X-ray pulses arrive every 153.4 ns. The gate width is fixed at 7 ns, shorter than a normal experimental gate, to increase contrast in the signal as a function of delay. The light arrival time is fitted using the model of equation (2), of two sequential phosphors with single exponential decays and lifetimes of 26.2 ns and 70.4 ns. These lifetime parameters were determined from a fit of equation (1) to similar data taken in the Hybrid mode (inset), where X-ray pulses are separated by 1.6 µs. |