A Gated Microchannel Plate Image Intensifier Packaged in a Reflex Camera Back

Abstract

We describe a fast (exposure down to approx. 10 ns) electrically triggered camera back/shutter designed for use with the Haselblad 500C still camera. This camera back contains a microchannel plate image intensifier which can be gated and provides a gain of approximately X1000. It reads out on to Polaroid film through a fiber optic face plate. The gated camera back is interchangeable with the regular Polaroid back (or any other) for the Hasselblad 500C and maintains the through the lens focussing. Keywords include: Framing camera; and Image intensifier.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 19, 1985
Accession Number
ADA163015

Entities

People

  • Donald P. Murphy
  • Joseph R. Greig
  • Michael Raleigh
  • R. E. Pechacek
  • S. Hauver

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Barometric Pressure
  • Cameras
  • Charged Particles
  • Directed Energy Weapons
  • Electron Beams
  • Electron Multipliers
  • Image Tubes
  • Images
  • Lasers
  • Microchannel Plates
  • Military Research
  • Photographs
  • Power Supplies
  • Standards
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.