FD-1665P Polarization Camera
The FD-1665 3CCD Camera can be configured for polarization imaging. Polarimetric or polarization imaging is an active research area in medical, machine vision and defense applications. Because the polarimetric preserving and/or inducing properties of materials are often complementary to their spectral signatures, polarization provides additional information to analysts and researchers. Polarization imaging has been used to identify stress and defects in aircraft assemblies; “see” into the water column in littoral and marine applications, such as oil spill detection; separate specular from diffuse reflectance for material analysis and identification; and automatically detect manmade objects in natural surroundings.
The FD-1665P optical engine prism surfaces are fabricated with neutral beam splitter coatings. The first coating surface reflects 30% of the light and transmits 70%. The second coating provides a 50% transmittance and 50% reflectance. This combination results in splitting the incoming broadband light into three components with equal spectral and spatial content. The trim filters are linear polarization filters with >99% polarization efficiency and contrast ratio of up to 3000:1.
The filters can be oriented per customer specification. Commonly the filters are oriented at 0, 45, and 90 degrees or three equal angular spacing and cover the range 380-1000nm. The FD-1665P polarization camera can be configured with either color or monochrome sensors for each channel.
Polarization Configuration Options
FD-1665P-C: Color Bayer CCDs with 0, 45, 90 linear polarizer
FD-1665P-M: Monochrome CCDs with 0, 45, 90 linear polarizer
FD-1665P-NIR: Near Infrared Monochrome (700nm-1000nm) CCD with 0, 45, 90 linear polarizer
FD-1665P-Custom: Custom linear orientations or spectral polarimetric options
Contact us on custom configuration options for your application.
FD-1665P Polarization Sensor Options
| Sensor Type | Sensor Size (HxV pixels) | Sensor Technology | Optical Size | Pixel Size (microns) | Max Frame Rate (at full resolution) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sony ICX424 | 659x494 | Progressive Scan CCD | 1/3" | 7.4x7.4 | 71 |
| Sony ICX414 | 659x494 | Progressive Scan CCD | 1/2" | 9.9x9.9 | 74 |
| Sony ICX618 | 659x494 | Progressive Scan CCD | 1/4" | 5.6x5.6 | 119 |
| Micron MT9V022 | 752x480 | Progressive Scan CMOS | 1/3" | 6.0x6.0 | 60 |
| Sony ICX415 | 782x582 | Progressive Scan CCD | 1/2" | 8.3x8.3 | 54 |
| Sony ICX204 | 1034x779 | Progressive Scan CCD | 1/3" | 4.65x4.65 | 20 |
| Sony ICX204 | 1034x779 | Progressive Scan CCD | 1/3" | 4.65x4.65 | 30 |
| Sony ICX445 | 1296x966 | Progressive Scan CCD | 1/3" | 3.75x3.75 | 32 |
| Sony ICX267 | 1392x1040 | Progressive Scan CCD | 1/2" | 4.65x4.65 | 17 |
| Sony ICX285 | 1392x1040 | Progressive Scan CCD | 2/3" | 6.45x6.45 | 17 |
| Sony ICX285 | 1392x1040 | Progressive Scan CCD | 2/3" | 6.45x6.45 | 30 |
| Sony ICX274 | 1628x1236 | Progressive Scan CCD | 1/1.8" | 4.4x4.4 | 14 |
FluxData FD1665P 3CCD Polarimetric Camera - False Color Polarimetric Video
This camera has 3 linear polarizers rotated at 0, 45 and 90 degrees relative to each other. This video is color composite , where Red is the 0 degrees, Green is 45, and Blue is the 90 degree channel information. Therefore, when a pixel is one of those 3 colors, the light is completely polarized in the respective direction. Other colors imply the light is a combination of polarization angles.
FluxData FD1665P 3CCD Polarimetric Camera - 90 degrees Polarization Video
This video is the unprocessed output from the channel with a linear polarizer oriented at 90 degrees.
FluxData FD1665P 3CCD Polarimetric Camera - 45 Degree Polarized Video
This video is the unprocessed output from the channel with a linear polarizer oriented at 45 degrees.
FluxData FD1665P 3CCD Polarimetric Camera - 0 Degrees Video
This video is the unprocessed output from the channel with a linear polarizer oriented at 0 degrees.
FluxData FD1665P 3CCD Polarimetric Camera - Sample Difference Video
This video is a sample of how polarimetric imagery can be processed using a simple difference (with scaling to boost the intensity) between the 90 and 45 degree channels.
Contact us to request the raw data from these videos, or for more information on custom configuration options for your application.
