The invention relates to a device (10) for the real-time determination of a flat covering (20) made of a
dielectric material, in particular an organic material, on a strip-or plate-shaped substrate (11), such as a material strip made of
metal or plastic, having an optical detection device (1) based on
elliptical polarization measurement, the invention relates to a device (1) for detecting and quantifying a
coating or covering (20) on a substrate (11) as a function of a change in the polarization state of light reflected on the substrate (11) or the covering (20), having at least one
light source (2) directed at a surface of the substrate (11) at a predetermined
angle of incidence, the invention relates to a device (10) for detecting light reflections on a substrate (11), comprising a
light source (2) for emitting light, at least one
image detection device (3) arranged opposite the
light source (2) corresponding to an
exit angle for detecting light reflections on the substrate (11), and an evaluation unit (4) configured and designed to determine and evaluate a covering (20) on the substrate (11), the device (10) being characterized in that the light source (2) comprises an
infrared light source (21, 22), the
image detection device (3) comprises an
infrared camera (31); optical means (5) are provided for limiting a
light beam incident from the light-emitting source (2) side, said optical means defining a linear or substantially rectangular detection area E of the light reflected on the substrate (11) in order to detect the covering (20) by the
IR camera (31); a polarization
beam splitting device (7) is arranged between the substrate (11) and the
IR camera (31) for at least twice polarization
beam splitting of the IR light detected by the
IR camera (31), so that at least twice images with at least two different polarizations can be generated from the detection area E.