摘要： A new optical emission spectroscopy (OES) system using a streak camera (streak-OES) is developed to obtain highly time-resolved OES measurements of nanosecond-duration pulsed air-plasmas at atmospheric pressure. The newly developed system is used to measure the time evolution of the emission of N2(C), a critical species in the two-step mechanism of rapid heating characteristic of nanosecond pulsed discharges. Time resolution of less than 400 ps is achieved in the current system, a significant improvement over conventional OES measurements with ICCD cameras or photomultiplier tubes (PMTs). In addition, as long as the driving voltage pulse lies within the streak camera sweep window, the entire plasma emission spectrum for a single discharge is acquired. This capability is in contrast to prior studies where the time-dependent emission is obtained by plotting measurements at single steps from separate discharges. The effect of pulse repetition frequency (PRF) on the N2(C) decay is investigated by recording emission spectra for single discharges at 5-100 kHz. The streak images clearly show that the decay time of the N2(C-B,0-0) transition increases as the PRF is increased. The emission decay exhibits two distinct phases with significantly different decay rates, consistent with prior measurements. The 1/e lifetimes of the two decay regimes are found using exponential fits to the emission decay curves. In addition, joint statistics relating the decay times and energy deposited in the plasma were also obtained.