High spatial resolution schlieren photography
- 1 February 1977
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Applied Optics
- Vol. 16 (2), 473-482
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ao.16.000473
Abstract
Some geometrical optical considerations for attaining spatial resolution of about 100 μM in a photographic schlieren experiment are presented. The topics of astigmatism, coma, and spherical aberration are considered briefly. Special emphasis is directed to diffraction effects in a single-mirror schlieren instrument. A method for estimating the size of limiting apertures in the knife-edge plane to allow a particular spatial resolution, compromised vs photographic sensitivity, is reported. A sample application for photographing the schlieren effects in a small spark discharge is included.Keywords
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