Comparison of the absolute sensitivity of a dark-adapted eye and an eye equipped with an electron-multiplying CCD camera

Vasiliev, V.N., Tibilov, A.S.

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Васильев В.Н., Тибилов А.С. Cравнение абсолютной чувствительности адаптированного к темноте глаза и глаза, оснащенного камерой на основе матрицы ПЗС с умножением электронов // Оптический журнал. 2018. Т. 85. № 3. С. 43–53. http://doi.org/10.17586/1023-5086-2018-85-03-43-53

Vasiliev V.N., Tibilov A.S. Comparison of the absolute sensitivity of a dark-adapted eye and an eye equipped with an electron-multiplying CCD camera [in Russian] // Opticheskii Zhurnal. 2018. V. 85. № 3. P. 43–53. http://doi.org/10.17586/1023-5086-2018-85-03-43-53

For citation (Journal of Optical Technology):

V. N. Vasil’ev and A. S. Tibilov, "Comparison of the absolute sensitivity of a dark-adapted eye and an eye equipped with an electron-multiplying CCD camera," Journal of Optical Technology. 85(3), 157-165 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1364/JOT.85.000157

Abstract:

Based on a proposed model of the operation of the retina of a dark-adapted eye, the absolute sensitivity of the eye is calculated and is compared with that of a camera based on a cooled electron-multiplying CCD array. It is shown that the lowest observable brightnesses coincide in the two cases. The main factors that provide high visual sensitivity are indicated: a molecular light detector, a large detector area with a special noise-suppression system, and the absence of losses to scattering accompanying night vision.

Keywords:

vision, dark adaptation, perception threshold, receptive field

OCIS codes: 040.1240, 040.3780, 330.0330

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