Paper C–11: Multiple Kerr-Cell System with Square Shuttering Characteristic

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Publisher: SMPTE — White Plains, NY, USA
Doc Type: Journal Article
Content Type: Original Research
Abbreviated Title: J SMPTE
Volume: 71, No. 1A, pp. 138–140
Abstract: A cable-shaped Kerr-cell shutter has been constructed, using solely plug-in parts. A delay cable, with built-in pressure spark gap, forms a square pulse of 40 kv and 50 mμsec duration. This pulse passes without reflection through a flexible 15-ohm cable and one or several Kerr cells, interconnected by flexible cables, and then the pulse disappears in a terminal resistor. This device features a square shuttering characteristic and great mobility. Multiple cells permit simultaneous photography of a subject from several angles. Using delay cables the Kerr cells operate at preset intervals depicting successive stages of the event. Owing to the very low capacity of the pulse-forming cable, recharging of the system is rapid; thus the picture-taking rate is limited only by the quality of the quenching spark gap. The pulse can also be guided through the cell along meander-shaped electrodes, making possible the construction of large-size cells. Delay units can also fire cell systems at any desired picture-taking rate. When synchronized with high-frequency spark light sources (such as the Strobokin ultra-rapid flasher) an appreciably shortened square exposure time is achieved. For the ultraviolet range a similar Kerr-cell system with phenyl isocyanate is available.
Publication Date: 1962-01-01
DOI: 10.5594/J18095XY
ISSN: Print: 0361-4573
Link: https://doi.org/10.5594/J18095XY
Author(s): Lothar Liebing
Frank Frungel
Copyright: © 1962 Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, Inc.

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Lothar Liebing and Frank Frungel; Paper C–11: Multiple Kerr-Cell System with Square Shuttering Characteristic, Journal of the SMPTE ( Volume: 71, Issue: 1A, 1962); SMPTE, 1962. Available at https://doi.org/10.5594/J18095XY

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