Streak cameras for ultrafast time resolved photon detection

Various advanced streak cameras and their applications to science and engineering problems are discussed. The streak camera has permitted novel investigations to study some of the most important and fundamental processes in various fields. It is capable of performing two—dimensional analysis where the time domain and spatial or frequency domain are simultaneously measured; optical temporal profiles are determined directly with time resolution of better than 0.5 Ps and photodetection sensitivity in the single photon region.