kerr-cell shutter
1Kerr cell shutter — A Kerr cell shutter is a type of photographic shutter used for very fast shutter speeds down to nanoseconds.A Kerr cell utilises the Kerr effect to block or transmit light. See also *Kerr effect *Rapatronic cameraExternal links*… …
2Kerr cell — noun optical device consisting of a transparent cell with two electrodes between two polarizing media; passes light only if the two planes of polarization are parallel; used as a high speed shutter or to modulate a laser beam • Hypernyms:… …
3Kerr cell — /kahr, kerr/, Physics. a transparent cell filled with a fluid, usually nitrobenzene, and containing two electrodes placed between two polarizing light filters, suitable for demonstrating the Kerr effect and often used as a high speed camera… …
4Kerr cell — /ˈkɜ sɛl/ (say ker sel) noun a cell, based on the electro optical Kerr effect, which is used as a high speed camera shutter …
5Kerr — may refer to:Places*Kerr, Montana, A US census designated place *Kerr County, Texas, USAOther uses*Alief Kerr High School, a public magnet school in Houston, Texas, USA *Dick, Kerr Co., locomotive manufacturer based in Scotland and England **… …
6Shutter (photography) — The 1911 Cyclopedia of Photography divides shutters into roller blind and diaphragm types, corresponding roughly to the modern focal plane and leaf types. In photography, a shutter is a device that allows light to pass for a determined period of… …
7Kerr effect — This article is about the Kerr nonlinear optical effect. For the magneto optic phenomenon of the same name, see magneto optic Kerr effect. The Kerr effect, also called the quadratic electro optic effect (QEO effect), is a change in the refractive …
8Kerr electro-optic effect — ▪ physics in physics, the inducement of double refraction of light in a transparent substance when a strong electric field is applied in a direction transverse to the beam of light. In double refraction, the index of refraction (a measure… …
9John Kerr (physicist) — Rev. John Kerr (December 17, 1824 ndash; August 15,1907) was a Scottish physicist who inaugurated the field of electro optics.LifeBorn in Ardrossan to a fish merchant, Kerr attended the University of Glasgow from where he earned a master s degree …
10Rapatronic camera — The rapatronic camera is a high speed camera capable of recording a still image with an exposure time as brief as 10 nanoseconds (billionths of a second).The camera was developed by Harold Edgerton in the 1940s and was first used to photograph… …
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