The Gabor superlens as an alternative waferlevel camera approach inspired by superposition compound eyes of nocturnal insects

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 15747-15759

  Stollberg, Klemens ^a   Brückner, Andreas ^a   Duparré, Jacques ^a   Dannberg, Peter ^a   Bräuer, Andreas ^a   Tünnermann, Andreas ^a,b  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED OPTICS AND PRECISION ENGINEERING   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROLENSES; RAY TRACING;

COMPOUND EYE; CONVENTIONAL LENS; DIAMOND TURNING; LENS MANUFACTURING; MICRO-LENS ARRAYS; MICROOPTICAL; MICROOPTICS TECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL PERFORMANCE;

LENSES;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPOUND EYE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INSECT; INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; COMPOUND EYE, ARTHROPOD; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INSECTS; LENSES; PHOTOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 69949090470     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.015747     Document Type: Article

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