We report an imaging sensor capable of recording the optical properties of partially polarized light by monolithically integrating aluminum nanowire optical filters with a CCD imaging array. The imaging sensor, composed of 1000 by 1000 imaging elements with 7.4 μm pixel pitch, is covered with an array of pixel-pitch matched nanowire optical filters with four different orientations offset by 45°. The polarization imaging sensor has a signal-to-noise ratio of 45 dB and captures intensity, angle and degree of linear polarization in the visible spectrum at 40 frames per second with 300 mW of power consumption.

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We present a novel imaging sensor capable of capturing the polarization properties of partially polarized light in high resolution and in real-time. The imaging sensor monolithically integrates aluminum nanowire optical filters with CCD imaging array to achieve a high resolution polarization imaging sensor. The CCD polarization image sensor is composed of 1000 by 1000 imaging elements with 7.4μm pixel pitch and has dynamic range of 65dB. The measured signal-to-noise ratio of the sensor is 45dB. The CCD array is covered with an array of pixel-pitch matched nanowire polarization filters with four different orientations offset by 45 o . Raw polarization data is presented to a processing board at 40 frames per second, where intensity, degree and angle of polarization of the incident light are computed. The final polarization results are presented in false color representation.

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