INFRARED TECHNIQUES AT VEB CARL ZEISS JENA
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December 21, 2016
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May 29, 2008
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9
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Publication Date:
April 11, 1955
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REPORT
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INFORMATION REPORT
CENTRAL IffrEITIGERM
REPORT
CD NO.
DATE DISTR. 11 April 1955
NO. OF PAGES 2
SUBJECT Infrared Techniques at
VEB Carl Zeiss Jena
PLACE
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bamng used atthe Cell Laboratory (Z-Lab
only 2.8j4 without cooling. There were also cadmi um .
crystals produced for visible li ht.
f
by the Zeiss Plant o ea su p
maximum sensitivity of 5,i. when cooled down to 800 below zero
centigrade by means of carbon dioxide snow anda sensitivity of
1 e
t s
Schmidt (fnu) persi at
Z-Lab who actual y ad some knowledge in this field. Hauenstein
had come from the Dresden Zeiss-Ikon Plant. Dr Bittner (fnu) was
expert for germinating KRS-5 crystals. Karl Prinz who had worked
in the development of heat measuring instruments for the Navy
during the war was in charge of the electric units of radiation
receivers.
2. In November 1954, the KRS-5 crystals produced at Z-Lab had a
maximum permability of 4 Infrared sensitive cells produced
It $ 1 hide or selenium lead had a
After Be ralo
to Bostonand P
ld had
h fi
Plant in Jena. Dr
The institute of Professor Eder (fnu) at the
Humboldt University in East Berlin was constructing a cooling
plant for low temperatures to work with liquid hydrogen. The
room for this unit on 4 Hessische Strasse had been completed in
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3. A long time ago Prof
for the construction
only one tube availkb
n given an award
ube. There was
on-had met with great
model were sera ed bqc.4W QA ilable glass was not of
high enough
In July 1954,
from which he
r*ason, he worked only hall day.
sidetracked. Dr Konrad Kuehne,
construction of range meters, wap
of applied optics at the Jena University. It
akdown
For this
allegedly
of the
institute
what extent he will continue to work on Pveljppment projects
at the Zeiss Plant.
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