Lambert Instruments

High-speed cameras require a high brightness of the object because of the relative short exposures of the camera. The higher the frame rates the shorter the exposure time per frame. In many applications an increase of the illumination can compensate the shorter exposure time per frame. However, in some applications the object itself is emitting light at an intensity that is too low for high-speed imaging (combustion research, imaging of dynamic phenomena in fluorescent biological cells, low intensity PIV). In other applications the heat generated by a powerful light source can have an unacceptable influence on a measurement (Micro Fluidics).

For these applications Lambert Instruments has developed intensified high-speed cameras and high speed intensifying camera attachments. The special two stage high-speed image intensifiers in these products amplifies the input light signal to a typically 10.000 times higher level on the output. This makes it much easier to distinguish an image from the noise. Furthermore, the gating feature of the image intensifier makes it possible to capture even the fastest objects without motion blur.