HIGH ENERGY PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTING LIGHT SOURCE.

Abstract

An applied research program has been performed to produce a high energy photographic printing light source for exposure of high-resolution low-sensitivity non-silver-halide materials in a high-speed printer, that will produce 200 lines/mm to third generation. Two categories of light source were investigated, lasers and the plasma arc. The plasma arc was selected as the one light source presently available meeting the requirements for spectral emission, continuity of energy, and illumination output. An experimental apparatus has been constructed utilizing an optical system of reflectors and lenses. This optical system shapes the light from the light source to produce uniform illumination over the 10-inch dimension of the 1 x 10 in. aperture which is placed on the film plane. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 28, 1965
Accession Number
AD0467466

Entities

People

  • Morris F. Brillhart

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Continuity
  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Emission
  • Energy
  • Halides
  • High Energy
  • High Resolution
  • Illumination
  • Light Sources
  • Materials
  • Printing
  • Reflectors
  • Silver Halides

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy