Extension of capabilities of the instrument KIT-2F in recording low-intensity fluxes of IR radiation at nanosecond exposure times

Dmitri N. Litvin; Andrei G. Kravchenko; Vladimir V. Mis'ko; Vasili M. Murugov; Genadi P. Okutin; Yuri N. Sheremetev

doi:10.1117/12.350482

22 June 1999 Extension of capabilities of the instrument KIT-2F in recording low-intensity fluxes of IR radiation at nanosecond exposure times

Dmitri N. Litvin, Andrei G. Kravchenko, Vladimir V. Mis'ko, Vasili M. Murugov, Genadi P. Okutin, Yuri N. Sheremetev

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Proceedings Volume 3516, 23rd International Congress on High-Speed Photography and Photonics; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.350482
Event: Twenty-Third International Congress on High-Speed Photography and Photonics, 1998, Moscow, Russian Federation

Abstract

This paper considers the question of extending capabilities of the instrument KIT-2F for recording high-speed events in the IR region at (lambda) equals 1 - 10.6 micrometer with the exposure times of 10 ns - 1 microsecond(s) by using an image converter (IC) based on the MCP both as a fast shutter and an image intensifier. It is shown that in recording high-power IR laser radiation the exposure time has been reduced down to (tau) _{exp min} approximately 10 ns without degrading the image quality. It has been found out that in the mode of limiting sensitivity when weak thermal IR signals are recorded, there is a limitation both on maximum and minimum exposure times. The maximum exposure time is limited by the internal thermal background of the photo-detector and the minimum exposure time by the insufficiency of statistics on the recorded signal leading to a loss in the resolving power of the instrument. It is shown that KIT-2F interfaced with the IC permits to record objects heated to temperature t equals 700 degrees Celsius at the exposure time (tau) _exp greater than or equal to 100 ns.

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Dmitri N. Litvin, Andrei G. Kravchenko, Vladimir V. Mis'ko, Vasili M. Murugov, Genadi P. Okutin, and Yuri N. Sheremetev "Extension of capabilities of the instrument KIT-2F in recording low-intensity fluxes of IR radiation at nanosecond exposure times", Proc. SPIE 3516, 23rd International Congress on High-Speed Photography and Photonics, (22 June 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.350482

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Microchannel plates

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