Abstract

A description is given of the different types of solid-state image intensifiers together with a comparison of their methods of operation. The characteristics of photoconductive and electroluminescent materials are summarized with particular emphasis on the problems of their optimum combination in the double-layer type of intensifier with and without optical feedback. The optical and electrical characteristics of the over-all devices are compared, and some of the possible applications, such as their use for radar display and x-ray intensification, are discussed.

© 1957 Optical Society of America

Spectral Energy Calibration of a Light Flash Source Used in Physiological Experiments*

Bent Buchmann-Olsen and Annelise Madsen Rosenfalck
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 47(1) 30-34 (1957)

Low-Pressure Discharges Emitting Light of Minimum Noise*

N. P. Carleton and O. Oldenberg
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 47(11) 985-986 (1957)

A Solid-State Image Intensifier

Richard K. Orthuber and Lee R. Ullery
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 44(4) 297-299 (1954)

Study of Optical Diffraction Images at Microwave Frequencies*

M. P. Bachynski and G. Bekefi
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 47(5) 428-438 (1957)

Formation of Luminescent Films by Evaporation

Charles Feldman and Margaret O’Hara
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 47(4) 300-305 (1957)