Optical efficiency of image sensor pixels

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1610-1620

  Catrysse, Peter B ^a,b   Wandell, Brian A ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; IMAGE QUALITY; PHOTONS;

IMAGE SENSOR PIXELS;

IMAGE SENSORS;

EID: 0042905755     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.19.001610     Document Type: Article

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