Sweeping Image Instrumentation Development

Rotating mirror streak camera designs now approach the theoretical limit in recording capability. Quantitative information at extremely high bit rates can be obtained by streak cameras which sacrifice frame dimension in the direction of scan of the swept beam or image to eliminate time necessary for frame separation. In practice, this amounts to the image of occurrences in a very narrow frame or slit continuously scanning a stationary film, or a similar image continuously scanned by a moving film. The development to the present state of the art has encompassed drums and roll film cameras as film carriers and beam deflection by electromagnetic and mechanical means. A comparison is provided by the evolution and characteristics of these devices.

Print ISSN

0361-4573

Published

1967-06

Content type

Original Research

DOI

10.5594/J16753