Electrooptical camera for registering high-speed processes

An electrooptical camera for registering high-speed processes represented by beams of radiation, comprising:

• an image intensifier having an evacuated tube envelope, a gate system and a deflection system within said evacuated tube envelope to control the beam of radiation within said image intensifier;
• control means connected to said gate and deflection systems for controlling said systems, said control means including
• a trigger oscillator having input means for accepting an electric trigger pulse,
• a master oscillator connected to said trigger oscillator and having an optical input to provide for direct triggering of said master oscillator by the beam of radiation being registered,
• first amplification means including first inverter means and connected between said master oscillator and said gate system for driving said gate system responsive to output signals from said master oscillator,
• second amplification means including second inverter means and having an input connected to said master oscillator;
• a transformer/shaper which serves as a load to said second amplifying means and is connected to said deflection system for providing positive and negative scan pulses to said deflection system;
• integrators insertable between said second amplifying means and said transformer/shaper;
• and
• a scanning time selector for selectively inserting said integrators between said second amplifying means and said transformer/shaper to provide desired scanning times for said deflection system.