Optical waveguides – With optical coupler
Patent
1995-01-31
1997-06-03
Lee, John D.
Optical waveguides
With optical coupler
250367, 250368, 385120, G01T 120, G02B 626
Patent
active
056362994
ABSTRACT:
An improved hybrid luminescent device and method for converting penetrating radiation energy into visible light for imaging applications. The hybrid luminescent device includes a phosphor screen disposed on an entrance face fiber optics scintillator which, in turn, may be removably coupled to a camera or like recording media. The hybrid luminescent device of the present invention is capable of providing enhanced radiation absorption efficiency, higher spatial resolution and enhanced brightness or luminescence output over that which is achievable by the phosphor screen and/or fiber optics scintillator when used separately as an intensifying screen for imaging of ionizing and/or penetrating radiation.
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Betz Robert A.
Bueno Clifford
Ellis Harold J.
Mead Richard W.
Rairden Richard L.
Groth Henry
Lee John D.
Lockheed Missiles & Space Company Inc.
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