THE OPTICAL STROBE

Abstract

The pechan prism is used to obtain a continuous stationary image of a rotating object, i.e., the rotating object appears to be motionless. Auxiliary optical equipment may be used to increase or decrease the field of vision, simultaneously view five sides of a rotating cube, view objects off the axis of the prism, etc. Because the image is continuous, there is some advantage to be realized when compared to light stroboscopes. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1962
Accession Number
AD0277377

Entities

People

  • E.t. Pearson

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Optical Equipment
  • Stroboscopes

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Vision Science/Vision Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience.