Image Intensifier helps advance Fusion Research

The new SIL-4 high-resolution image intensifier from Specialised Imaging can be synchronised to almost any high-speed camera or video system. Constructed around high gain microchannel plate image intensifiers, these units provide a wide range of sensitivity, gain and resolution options to satisfy even the most demanding imaging applications.

Advances in the field of Fusion research rely on time-resolved plasma diagnostics to characterise rapidly evolving phenomena such as edge-localised modes, filament formation, turbulence and radiative instabilities within magnetically confined or inertial fusion plasmas. 

The SIL-4 can capture events that emit radiation at the shorter wavelengths of the UV region right through to the near infrared. Triggered synchronously at high speed, the SIL-4 allows fast framing rates (up to 1,000,000 frames per second) and short exposure times (down to 20ns) for investigating rapidly evolving, low-light fusion processes. An integral mechanical capping shutter is included to provide additional protection for the sensitive image intensifier.

Combined with a fast, high-sensitivity camera from Specialised Imaging that offers nanosecond-to-microsecond exposure control, high quantum efficiency, low read noise and wide dynamic range – Fusion researchers using the SIL-4 image intensifier can resolve weak optical, UV or X-ray emissions (using scintillator screen) with controllable gain to give images without saturation. This provides spatially and temporally accurate data for validating fusion plasma models and improving reactor performance.

For further information on how the SIL-4 can help advance your fusion research please visit 
https://specialised-imaging.com/products/intensifiers/sil4/ or contact Specialised Imaging on +44-1442-827728 / +1-951-296-6406 / +49-8141-666-8950 / [email protected]. Specialised Imaging Limited is a dynamic company focusing on the design, manufacture, service and supply of ultra-high-speed imaging systems and components for industrial, defence, and scientific applications.