ZEISS Axiocam 705 pol

Overview

ZEISS Axiocam 705 pol is a scientific 5 megapixel camera with a polarization filter mask enhanced sensor enabling single-shot polarization imaging. It employs a 5-megapixel cooled polarization sensitive CMOS sensor, provides low readout noise and analogue signal amplification, supports hardware triggering, and reaches a dynamic range of 1:25,000 in high-dynamic range (HDR) mode. The camera has a small 6.9 µm per polarization pixel unit and offers meaningful methods for visualization of multiple polarization parameters. The camera outputs an Encoded Pseudo Color 4 Channel Image: Channel 1 = Angle of Polarization; Channel 2 = Degree of linear Polarization; Channel 3 = Intensity; Channel 4 = Color encoded information derived from above channels. Color encoding is performed in HSV color space (Hue = Angle of polarization, Saturation = Degree of linear Polarization, Value = Intensity, I = Intensity). Axiocam 705 pol is recommended for Material discrimination, Kerr microscopy, Mineralogy, Glass and transparent materials, Materials research, and Live cell imaging. A single image is sufficient to capture angle of polarization, degree of polarization and image content without special accessories such as an analyzer in the microscope, and the camera simultaneously acquires polarization effects with one single exposure over the field of view, which speeds up imaging by avoiding analyzer adjustments.