NUMBER OF PIP-SCANS AND TARGET-DETECTABILITY ON CERTAIN HIGH PERSISTENCE PPI TUBES.
Abstract
Several experiments are currently in progress concerning factors affecting the detectability of targets appearing on cathode-ray tubes used in radar. Because the tubes being used have phosphors (P7) of relatively long persistence, it would be interesting to know whether there is any accumulative effect of repeated excitations on the brightness of a phosphor when the time between excitations is on the order of the interval between successive scans. Such a build-up effect, if it were large enough, would tend to increase the intensity of a stationary pip and render it more visible. An experimental investigation of this question is reported in this paper. Briefly the results of the experiment indicate a small but significant enhancement of phosphor brightness with repeated excitations. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 10, 1947
- Accession Number
- AD0639374
Entities
People
- R. M. Hanes
- S. B. Williams
Organizations
- Johns Hopkins University