Skip to content

Stereoscopic Night Vision

  • Douglas Shaw

When two views or photographs are taken through one device. One view/photograph represents the left eye, and the other the right eye. When the two photographs are viewed in a stereoscopic apparatus, they combine to create a single image with…

Read more

Screen

  • Douglas Shaw

The image tube output that produces the viewable image. Phosphor (P) is used on the inside surface of the screen to produce the glow, thus producing the picture. Different phosphors are used in image intensifier tubes, depending on manufacturer and…

Read more

Scintillation

  • Douglas Shaw

Also known as electronic noise. A faint, random, sparkling effect throughout the image area. Scintillation is a normal characteristic of Microchannel plate image intensifiers and is more pronounced under low-light-level conditions

Read more

Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR)

  • Douglas Shaw

A measure of the light signal reaching the eye divided by the perceived noise as seen by the eye. A tube’s SNR determines the low light resolution of the image tube; therefore, the higher the SNR, the better the ability…

Read more
Back To Top
beginning Thursday 11/14/24 and all day Friday 11/15/24 for inventory. Technical Phone lines are still open. Normal operations will resume Monday, 11/18/24.
beginning Thursday 11/14/24 and all day Friday 11/15/24 for inventory. Technical Phone lines are still open. Normal operations will resume Monday, 11/18/24.