Bill Boulton asked:

> Help Anyone!
>
> I need to find some concrete data on xenon strobe tubes (emission
> spectrum
> etc).  Does any one know who makes the devices so I can get data
> sheets?
> All data I have obtained so far off the web is anecdotal.
>
> If you think this is outside the scope of the list. It won't be if my
> idea
> is viable.
>
>
One (old) source that comes to mind are issues of the Gen Rad (General
Radio) Experimenter from the '60s. Gen Rad made Xenon strobes for high
speed photography (where things such as spectral output would be
important), motion analysis, and tachometer applications (Strobotac).
The Experimenter was Gen Rad's version of something like HP Journal. Gen
Rad is now out of the instrument business. If I still had my copies I
would send the relevant pages to you, but a massive flood we had in my
area last March took away a lot of collected treasures I had like that
(and a lot of electronics stuff too!).

Perhaps a better idea would be to look up papers and books on the
subject by Harold Edgerton (spelling?), who pioneered the use of strobes
in high speed photography.


Frank Richterkessing

FRANK.RICHTERKESSING@APPL.GE.COM