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US H1,979 H1Granted
Electronic streak camera
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
InventorMark F. Hopkins
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Abstract
An electronic streak camera is described which includes a housing enclosing an objective lens disposed along an optical axis for forming an image of optical radiation from an emissive body, a pinhole field stop at the focal point of the objective lens, a collimating lens for collimating radiation passing the pinhole field stop, a prism for splitting the radiation from the collimating lens into a characteristic optical spectrum of the radiation, an imaging lens for forming an image of the radiation from the prism.
Claims2
An electronic streak camera, comprising:
- (a) a housing;
- (b) a first objective lens disposed along an optical axis within an opening in a wall of said housing for forming an image of optical radiation passing along said optical axis from an emissive body;
- (c) a pinhole field stop disposed along said optical axis at the focal point of said objective lens;
- (d) a second collimating lens disposed along said optical axis for collimating radiation passing said pinhole field stop;
- (c) a prism for splitting said radiation from said collimating lens into a characteristic optical spectrum of said radiation;
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- (e) a third imaging lens for forming an image of said radiation from said prism;
- (f) a detector array disposed at the focal plane of said third imaging lens for detecting said characteristic spectrum of said radiation.
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