Storage Camera Tube with Non-Destructive Readout

Abstract

Efforts and accomplishments are reviewed at the conclusion of a storage cameratube contract. This was a follow-on to the development started on Contract No. DAAB07-73-C-0330, which resulted in a tube capable of dual-mode operation; real-time television or storage with non-destructive readout. Performance of the resulting device approached the goals outlined in Technical Guidelines BD-2, which included mode-switching on command, useful sensitivity at 1.06 micrometer wavelength, and 6:1 zoom in the stored mode. The follow-effort was aimed primarily at increasing the quantum efficiency at 1.06 micrometer and, at the same time, realizing the resolution goal of 900 TV-lines per raster- height. A new tube was designed and fabricated to accommodate a larger diode array target having more resolution elements and a greater thickness for photon absorption. Data from resulting tubes are presented.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA030926

Entities

People

  • L. S. Yaggy

Organizations

  • Hughes Aircraft Company

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption Coefficients
  • Antireflection Coatings
  • Camera Tubes
  • Cameras
  • Chemical Vapor Deposition
  • Coatings
  • Electron Beams
  • Electronics
  • Geometry
  • Light Sources
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Optics
  • Quantum Efficiency
  • Targets
  • Test Equipment

Readers

  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Software Engineering
  • Spectroscopy.

Technology Areas

  • Quantum Computing