• DocumentCode
    1497366
  • Title

    An electro-optical shutter for photography

  • Author

    Zarem, A. M. ; Marshall, F. R. ; Poole, F. R.

  • Author_Institution
    United States Naval Ordnance Test Station at Pasadena.; Stanford Research Institute, Los Angeles, Calif.
  • Volume
    68
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1949
  • fDate
    4/1/1949 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    282
  • Lastpage
    288
  • Abstract
    The advent of the “all-electric” shutter makes possible the detailed photographic study of light from very rapidly changing self-luminous objects. Shutter control is sufficiently positive and accurate to permit operation at any pre-selected instant with a precision of 5 × 10−9 second. This article presents the theory and describes the development of this simple, reliable, and compact optical shutter which utilizes a Kerr cell as a light valve.
  • Keywords
    Electric fields; Electrodes; Kerr effect; Nonlinear optics; Optical polarization; Optical pulses; Optical refraction;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electrical Engineering
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0095-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/EE.1949.6444704
  • Filename
    6444704
    • Link To Document
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