A High-Speed, Eight-Frame Image Intensified Electro-Optic Camera With 200-800 Mm Zoom Objective Capability

Steven A. Muelder; Tony Huen; Carlo S. Firpo; Donald F. Hein; Lloyd L. Steinmetz; Larry L. Shaw

doi:10.1117/12.942209

4 February 1988 A High-Speed, Eight-Frame Image Intensified Electro-Optic Camera With 200-800 Mm Zoom Objective Capability

Steven A. Muelder, Tony Huen, Carlo S. Firpo, Donald F. Hein, Lloyd L. Steinmetz, Larry L. Shaw

Author Affiliations +

Proceedings Volume 0832, High Speed Photography, Videography, and Photonics V; (1988) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.942209
Event: 31st Annual Technical Symposium on Optical and Optoelectronic Applied Sciences and Engineering, 1987, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

The versatility of the LLNL developed 75-mm format high-speed electro-optic camera has been improved by the addition of a microchannel plate image intensifier to the electronic image converter, and by the replacement of the discreet objective lens with a commercially available zoom lens. The image intensifier can be operated at a gain of up to 10,000. This allows the use of nanosecond or subnanosecond laser strobe light pulses for object illumination thus improving the time resolution of the camera by at least an order of magnitude. The discreet objective lens of the camera has been replaced with a fast (f/4) 200-400 mm zoom lens that when coupled with a quick-connect telephoto adapter (either 1.4x or 2.0x) allows the camera to operate at any focal length from 200 to 800 mm. This permits variable magnification of the object without having to move the camera and without any degradation of dynamic spatial resolution or significant loss of light gathering ability.

Citation Download Citation

Steven A. Muelder, Tony Huen, Carlo S. Firpo, Donald F. Hein, Lloyd L. Steinmetz, and Larry L. Shaw "A High-Speed, Eight-Frame Image Intensified Electro-Optic Camera With 200-800 Mm Zoom Objective Capability", Proc. SPIE 0832, High Speed Photography, Videography, and Photonics V, (4 February 1988); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.942209

ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE

INSTITUTIONAL
Select your institution to access the SPIE Digital Library.

SELECT YOUR INSTITUTION

PERSONAL
Sign in with your SPIE account to access your personal subscriptions or to use specific features such as save to my library, sign up for alerts, save searches, etc.

PERSONAL SIGN IN

No SPIE Account? Create one

PURCHASE THIS CONTENT

SUBSCRIBE TO DIGITAL LIBRARY

50 downloads per 1-year subscription

Members: $195

Non-members: $335 ADD TO CART

25 downloads per 1 - year subscription

Members: $145

Non-members: $250 ADD TO CART

PURCHASE SINGLE ARTICLE

Includes PDF, HTML & Video, when available