Abstract

A simple model for the mechanism of photographic latent-image formation, described in earlier publications, has been modified to include the production of internal latent-image centers. Analysis of the model by simulation with a digital computer shows that most of the characteristic features of real emulsions are found in the response of the model. The function of sulfur-sensitization assumed in the previous treatments, viz., increasing the stability of trapped electrons and/or single silver atoms at surface traps, is found to affect the surface-to-internal sensitivity in the manner usually observed.

© 1966 Optical Society of America

Computer Investigation of a Latent-Image Model*

B. E. Bayer and J. F. Hamilton
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 55(4) 439-452 (1965)

Investigation of a Latent-Image Model: Recombination of Trapped Electrons and Free Holes

J. F. Hamilton and B. E. Bayer
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 55(5) 528-533 (1965)

Dependence of the Sensitivity of Unsensitized Photographic Emulsions upon Temperature*

Martin Biltz
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 39(12) 994-1008 (1949)

Development Centers and High-Intensity Reciprocity Failure

H. E. Spencer and R. E. Atwell
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 56(8) 1095-1101 (1966)

The Distribution of the Latent Image in the Silver Bromide Grain*

G. Kornfeld
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 31(9) 598-601 (1941)