VISAR: Interferometer quadrature signal recording by electronic streak camera

This short paper describes a demonstration to record the four quadrature signals from a push-pull VISAR velocity interferometer using an electronic streak camera. Optical fibers were used to transmit the interferometer outputs to the camera photocathode. Brightness variations of these signals were recorded on film during the experiment. Velocity information was later recovered from this record to give a continuous velocity history. Anticipated advantages over previous methods are increased time resolution, the ability to record multiple velocities simultaneously and greater dynamic range.