Headwall Photonics
SWIR Imaging Sensors

Performance For Any Application

Configurability beyond expectations! To assure optimized application performance, Headwall offers a range of models from which to select. Available with many other application-specific configurations, Headwall offers a hyperspectral system optimized for performance and budget.

Headwall application engineers are available to help select the best system for your application.

Hyperspec-NIR™

High-Efficiency, Industrial Hyperspectral Imaging Sensors for 900-1700nm

The Headwall Photonics Hyperspec™ family of NIR and VNIR integrated hyperspectral imaging sensors provide the foundation for utilizing hyperspectral imaging to achieve superior spectral sensing and chemical imaging results for a range of mission-critical applications ranging from process monitoring to moving webs of product across conveyor lines to non-invasive medical imaging.

Headwall Photonics’ Hyperspec™ imaging spectrometer platform is built on a totally reflective concentric, f/2 optical design. These products are based on Headwall’s patented aberration-corrected imaging systems which feature the company’s “original”, high efficiency holographic gratings.

In order to minimize stray light and aberrations, the use of transmissive optical components are not used within the imaging spectrograph. This platform is further enhanced by a telecentric optical input design which enables superior spatial imaging.

Application Considerations

Select the Hyperspec™ model which best satisfies spectral range, desired illumination distance, and spatial resolution. Then select the entrance slit width which best provides your desired spectral resolution; the standard slit width is 12.5 microns wide. By choosing a wider slit width, spectral resolution will be approximately broadened by a factor of the increased dimension (example: 25 µm = 2x). The objective lenses on Hyperspec imaging sensors are field interchangeable, providing the ability to vary the FOV and IFOV within the application scene.

 

Hyperspec-NIR™ X Series Performance Guide

Spectral / Optical

XF Series

λ Coverage

900 - 1700 nm

Spectral Bandpass¹

2 nm/pixel

Spectral Dispersion

4.8 nm/pixel

Nyquist Resolution

9.6 nm

FWHM of Slit Image

4 nm (spectral resolution based on 25µm slit)

Electronics

 

Frame Rate

60 fps (USB2), 100 fps (LVDS)

Cooling

Forced convection

Exposure Time

1 µsec – 5 minutes

Digital Resolution

12bit @ 60Hz and 100Hz, 14bit @ 350Hz

Data Interface

USB 2.0, Camera Link, LVDS

Dynamic Range

69dB low gain, 60dB high gain

Window of Interest

Smallest window 8x32 pixels (30x30 microns)

Trigger, Auxiliary Signals

TTL level triggers

Power Consumption

< 4 W, cooler: 30 W max

Power Supply

12V – 5A

CE Certified

Yes

 

Spatial Imaging Performance Guide

Model

 Scene¹ FOV  focused at:

Scene¹ IFOV focused at:

Scene Res.² focused at:

 

(º)

0.75 m

(mm)

3.0 m

(mm)

(mrad)

0.75 m

(mm)

3.0 m

(mm)

(mrad)

0.75 m

(mm)

3.0 m

(mm)

HS-NIR-XF-25

21.74

278

1142

1.20

0.87

3.57

2.40

1.74

7.14

HS-NIR-XF-35

15.62

196

813

0.86

0.61

2.54

1.43

1.23

5.98

 

 

3.0 m

(mm)

5.0 m

(mm)

 

3.0 m

(mm)

5.0 m

(mm)

 

3.0 m

(mm)

5.0 m

(mm)

HS-NIR-XF-50

10.97

566

950

0.60

1.77

2.97

1.20

3.54

5.94

HS-NIR-XF-75

7.32

374

630

0.40

1.17

1.97

0.80

2.34

3.94

HS-NIR-XF-100

5.50

278

470

0.30

0.87

1.47

0.60

1.74

2.94

 

Lens Number

f/Stop Range

Min Obj Dist

(w/o ext. tube)

HS-NIR-Lens-25

2.0 - 16

300 mm

HS-NIR-Lens-35

2.0 - 16

700 mm

HS-NIR-Lens-50

2.0 - 16

1.5 m

HS-NIR-Lens-75

2.0 - 16

2.5 m

HS-NIR-Lens-100

2.0 - 16

3 m

Interchangeable Objective Lenses

HS-NIR objective lenses are designed for 900–1700 nm precision imaging. Premium optical performance is achieved through a sophisticated design using ultra low dispersion glass and special broadband anti-reflection coatings. These optimized lenses further enhance the signal throughput and low stray light performance of the Hyperspec™ imaging platform.

Control Interface

The HS-NIR-XF series Hyperspectral Imaging Camera interfaces to a PC via a standard USB 2.0, Cameralink or a parallel LVDS bus.

Software

The HS-NIR-XF series Hyperspectral Imaging Camera interfaces to a PC via a standard USB 2.0, Cameralink or a parallel LVDS bus.

 

Conveyor, Processing, Microscopy and Medical Imaging