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NASA NTRS1972

Illumination control system

Experiment, testing effects of constant light intensity on Arabidopsis growth, utilizes wide-spectrum fluorescent lamps monitored by photocell which controls the power supplied to lamp.

Beckman, C.↗
NASA NTRS1972

Silicon solar cell development and radiation effects study for low temperature and low illumination intensity operation, volume 2

The results are presented of a study to determine the effect of in-situ proton irradiation upon low temperature, low intensity performance of several cell types. The cell types were selected in an attempt to distinguish variations in temperature-dependent radiation resistance which could be attributed to the n-p or p-n structure, diffused or implanted junctions, crucible grown or float-zone type base material, and high or low base resistivity. The results indicate that while expected variations of performance occur at room temperature, all cell types degrade more or less similarly at lower temperatures with normalized degradation becoming increasingly rapid as temperature is reduced. Recommendations for an optimized cell for Jupiter probe use are included along with a definition of the testing required on these cells to insure good performance characteristics.

Kirkpatrick, A. R.↗
NASA NTRS1976

Testing thinned, backside illuminated CCD area image sensors

Test techniques were developed making use of computer processing of the video data. The results of testing device noise and nonuniformity were obtained. Read-out noise levels of 25 to 50 electrons rms and uncorrected nonuniformity of response of about 1 to 3% were measured. A simple technique for linearly correcting nonuniformity was described and examples given. The technique was shown to be successful in reducing nonuniformity to the level of random noise.

Root, G.↗
NASA NTRS1978

Illumination-dependent changes in the intrinsic fluorescence of bacteriorhodopsin

The paper describes the intrinsic UV fluorescence of bacteriorhodopsin in some detail and determines the changes during the rapid cyclic reaction following light flashes. The results suggest that several tryptophan residues are affected in the protein, among them one or more exposed to aqueous medium. The kinetics of the fluorescence changes coincide closely with events involving the retinal residue during the deprotonation and reprotonation of the Schiff base group.

Bogomolni, R. A.↗
NASA NTRS1979

Improving low-illumination video

Nonmoving TV pictures are improved by electronic system that removes much of the "snow" or random noise in image. System integrates and averages picture elements in real time and thereby allows easier and more accurate evaluation of image, visually and by computer.

Sapirstein, R. L.↗
NASA NTRS1982

Synthesis of offset dual reflector antennas transforming a given feed illumination pattern into a specified aperture distribution

The problem of transforming a given primary feed pattern into a desired aperture field distribution through two reflections by an offset dual reflector system is investigated using the concepts of geometrical optics. A numerically rigorous solution for the reflector surfaces is developed which realizes an exact aperture phase distribution and an aperture amplitude distribution that is accurate to within an arbitrarily small numerical tolerance. However, this procedure does not always yield a smooth solution, i.e., the reflector surfaces thus realized may not be continuous or their slopes may vary too rapidly. In the event of nonexistence of a numerically rigorous smooth solution, an approximate solution that enforces the smoothness of the reflector surfaces can be obtained. In the approximate solution, only the requirement for the aperture amplitude distribution is relaxed, and the condition on the aperture phase distribution is continued to be satisfied exactly.

Mittra, R.↗
NASA NTRS1983

Effect of scene illumination conditions on digital enhancement techniques of multispectral scanner LANDSAT images

Two sets of MSS/LANDSAT data with solar elevation ranging from 22 deg to 41 deg were used at the Image-100 System to implement the Eliason et alii technique for extracting the topographic modulation component. An unsupervised cluster analysis was used to obtain an average brightness image for each channel. Analysis of the enhanced imaged shows that the technique for extracting topographic modulation component is more appropriated to MSS data obtained under high sun elevation ngles. Low sun elevation increases the variance of each cluster so that the average brightness doesn't represent its albedo proprties. The topographic modulation component applied to low sun elevation angle damages rather than enhance topographic information. Better results were produced for channels 4 and 5 than for channels 6 and 7.

Parada, N. D. J.↗