State Of The Art Of Image Intensifiers

Herbert K. Pollehn

doi:10.1117/12.955478

20 September 1977 State Of The Art Of Image Intensifiers

Herbert K. Pollehn

Proceedings Volume 0108, Optics in Security and Law Enforcement I; (1977) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.955478
Event: 1977 SPIE/SPSE Technical Symposium East, 1977, Reston, United States

Abstract

In this paper a variety of currently fabricated image intensifiers are discussed. The operation of these tubes is explained and their main characteristics distinguishing them from other types are described. The most important characteristics for the performance are noise characteristics expressed by the signal to noise ratio at the output S/No and imaging characteristics expressed by the Modulation Transfer Function (MTF). Current efforts concentrate on improving these two parameters and on lowering fabrication costs.

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Herbert K. Pollehn "State Of The Art Of Image Intensifiers", Proc. SPIE 0108, Optics in Security and Law Enforcement I, (20 September 1977); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.955478

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