The Pyroelectric Vidicon; Ten Years On

D. Burgess; R. Nixon; J. Ritchie

doi:10.1117/12.936501

10 December 1986 The Pyroelectric Vidicon; Ten Years On

D. Burgess, R. Nixon, J. Ritchie

Proceedings Volume 0685, Infrared Technology XII; (1986) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.936501
Event: 30th Annual Technical Symposium, 1986, San Diego, United States

Abstract

Although the pyroelectric vidicon infrared sensitive television camera has been available for over a decade, development of the tubes and cameras did not cease with the demonstration of the first imagery. This paper describes firstly the progress which has been made in the UK towards a higher performance vidicon tube, and secondly the improvements to cameras which were necessary in order to obtain the optimum performance from the tubes. Operation of the cameras in a number of situations will be described.

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D. Burgess, R. Nixon, and J. Ritchie "The Pyroelectric Vidicon; Ten Years On", Proc. SPIE 0685, Infrared Technology XII, (10 December 1986); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.936501

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