Filters
LIFAs night vision has a lot to do with optics, it is only natural that optical filters find several applications there.
Ocular Filters
Many night vision devices offer a threading in front of the eyepiece that can be used for various accessories. One of the possible use cases are colored filters that change the hue of the light coming from the phosphor screen by filtering out certain colors.
Amber Filters
Amber filters modify the output of a green phosphor screen to an amber color. For some users, this decreases eye strain. The loss of brightness is not very large, as green and yellow are relatively close on the light spectrum.
Amber filters have even be issued with night vision devices in the military, for example in the U.S..
White Phosphor Filters
White phosphor filters modify the output of a green phosphor screen to a much more desaturated, white-green color. The loss of brightness is much more extreme, as the filter has to remove much of the green light. These filters are generally regarded to as gimmicks, with the only real use being the ability to convey how white phosphor looks like without a white phosphor tube.
Objective Filters
Many night vision devices offer a threading in front of the Objective. Here its common to thread in protective filters.
LIF (Light-interferense-filter
A LIF filter works by filter specific parts othe incomming light. this is achieved with interfiesence.
Comon lif filters filter a specific part of the green light spectrum, this is done because lots of military laserrange finders and laser designators use that spectrum. Also it sometimes used to convert a ground spec objective to a aviation spec objective, here is the goal to filter the green light from diferent Aircraftscreens out.
Daylight filters
These filters often work like stron sunglases and reduce the incoming light. those filters are either fixed semi permament (for example for daylight training) or sometimes integrated in the daycap anf therefor easier to remove.
Solarblind filters
The solarblind filter filters most of the visible Light spectrum out.
UV Filter
The UV filter is often used as a demistshield. That means that its purpose it to protect the lens of the objective from mechanical damage.
