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ELECTRO-OPTICAL SHUTTER [1 record]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2004-08-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
  • Photography
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
DEF

[A] "shutter" used in high speed still photography giving exposures of the order of I/200,000,000 second [which consists] of a glass cell fitted with electrodes and filled with nitrobenzene placed between two crossed polarisers.

OBS

Passage of about 20,000 volts through the electrodes allows light to pass through the system.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
  • Photographie
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
DEF

Système comportant une cellule de Kerr à laquelle est appliquée une impulsion électrique [...] réalisant un temps de passage ultra-bref d'un faisceau lumineux.

Spanish

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