DocumentCode
966372
Title
Hard-vacuum pyroelectric vidicon: suitable materials
Author
Watton, R. ; Jones, G.R. ; Smith, C.
Author_Institution
Royal Radar Establishment, Malvern, UK
Volume
10
Issue
23
fYear
1974
Firstpage
469
Lastpage
470
Abstract
A new mode of operation of the pyroelectric Vidicon is reported. This mode does not require a soft vacuum and the tube is operated hard. Requirements for suitable pyroelectric materials are discussed and the results of experiments operating in this mode are presented.
Keywords
infrared imaging; pyroelectricity; television camera tubes; IR imaging; hard vacuum vidicon; pyroelectric materials;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19740373
Filename
4245261
Link To Document