Use of a Charge Coupled Device (CCD) Array as a Medium-Speed Streak Camera

Abstract

A 14-bit scientific Charge Coupled Device (CCD) camera has been used as a medium-speed streak camera through software modifications that preserve the high dynamic range and excellent sensitivity characteristic of these cameras. Line shift speeds as short as 8.1 microns are found to have no detrimental effects on image quality as long as light intensity is kept below saturation levels. Examples of streak images from shock tube studies of reactive systems are presented. Streak cameras, charge coupled devices, shock waves.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA257370

Entities

People

  • Richard A. Beyer

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cameras
  • Charge Coupled Devices
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Chemical Kinetics
  • Chemistry
  • Detectors
  • Detonations
  • Dynamic Range
  • Engineering
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Measurement
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Military Research
  • Photographs
  • Photography
  • Shock Tubes
  • Shock Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion Dynamics and Shock Wave Physics.
  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.