A high-speed Camera Revealing “Invisible Stress” through Polarization
CRYSTA Series is the world’s only polarization high-speed camera capable of visualizing dynamic stress propagation and molecular orientation behavior inside transparent materials with frame rates of up to 1 million frames per second*.
※CRYSTA Nova series
It is ideal for dynamic observation of stress propagation inside transparent materials such as polymers, resins and glass, flow-induced stress distributions non-Newtonian fluids and soft matter, and orientation states of liquid crystal materials.
Stress propagation in steel ball impact force on elastic gels
Two-dimensional, high-time-resolution measurement of stress distribution and relaxation in gels.
High-speed Polarization Imaging of Dynamic Flow Fields of Wormlike Micelles
Visualizing the onset of symmetry breaking and the subsequent time-dependent flow instability in microchannel flows.
Proprietary “High-Speed Polarization Image Sensor”
CRYSTA incorporates a proprietary “High-speed Polarization Image Sensor” jointly developed by Photron, a leading manufacturer of high-speed cameras, and Photonic Lattice, a pioneer in proprietary photonic crystal optical technology.
The sensor features a photonic-crystal-based micro-polarizer array with a different polarization orientation at each pixel. This unique architecture enables high-speed, single-shot acquisition of polarization images.
“Dual mode” High-speed Camera
By using a light source equipped with a polarization filter during imaging, CRYSTA enables easy visualization of stress propagation that cannot be observed with conventional high-speed camera.
When using a general non-polarized light source, it can also be used as a monochrome high-speed camera.
Monochrome Imaging Setup
Polarization Imaging Setup
Measurement Systems Powered by CRYSTA
We offer a range of application-specific measurement systems built around the core technologies of the CRYSTA Series
Rheo-Iris
By combining with Anton Paar rheometers, Rheo-Iris enables the dynamic detection and analysis of structural changes, relaxation behavior, phase transition phenomena, and other time-dependent material responses.
KAMAKIRI
KAMAKIRI is an advanced inspection system capable of highly precise measurement and recording of birefringence across the entire surface of optical films, supporting applications from laboratory research to production-line environments.
Deltaph
Deltaph is an ultra-high-speed interferometer that leverages proprietary polarization measurement technology to capture extremely rapid phenomena occurring on a microsecond timescale.
