Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Starlight Technology


Fig. 1

All Starlight technology Night Vision Devices consist of several main parts: an objective lens, an eyepiece, a power supply and an image intensifier tube (Photocathode Tube).
Fig. 2The electrons are then amplified to a much greater number through an electrical and chemical process.The electrons are then hurled against a phosphorus screen that changes the amplified electrons back into visible light that you see through the eyepiece. The image will now be a clear green- hued amplified re-creation of the scene you were observing.
1 - Front Lens 4 - High Voltage Power Supply
2 - Photocathode 5 - Phosphorus Screen
3 - Microchannel plate 6 - Eyepiece
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