Comparison of Gen II, Gen III filmed and Gen III filmless image intensified charge-coupled device cameras

Author

Brown, Michael ; Hamilton, Stephen

Author_Institution

Andor Technol. Ltd., Belfast, UK

fYear

2003

fDate

22-27 June 2003

Firstpage

492

Abstract

In this paper, the main differences and advantages of generation (Gen) II, Gen III filmed and Gen III filmless image intensified charge-coupled device cameras are demonstrated. Factors such as equivalent background illumination (EBI), modulation transfer function (MTF) and halo/crosstalk are examined. Measurements are taken using identical CCD detectors. The noise factor (NF) is also measured for each and effective quantum efficiencies (QEs) calculated for a given sample with each image intensifier.

Keywords

CCD image sensors; image intensifiers; noise measurement; optical crosstalk; optical transfer function; optical variables measurement; photocathodes; crosstalk; effective quantum efficiency; equivalent background illumination; generation II image intensified CCD cameras; generation III filmed image intensified CCD cameras; generation III filmless image intensified CCD cameras; modulation transfer function; noise factor; photocathode; Cameras; Cathodes; Charge coupled devices; Charge-coupled image sensors; Crosstalk; Detectors; Gallium arsenide; Image intensifiers; Manufacturing; Protection;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2003. CLEO/Europe. 2003 Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7734-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE.2003.1313555

Filename

1313555