Bionic ommatidia based on microlens array

Optical Engineering

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Hao, Liu ^a   Sihai, Chen ^a   Shan, Dong ^a   Xinjian, Yi ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Crystal array; ommatidium; Finite difference time domain (fdtd); Micro lens array

Indexed keywords

COMPOUND EYE; CRYSTAL ARRAY OMMATIDIUM; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN (FDTD); FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAINS; MICRO LENS ARRAY; MICRO-LENS ARRAYS; NATURAL COMPOUNDS; PLANAR COMPOUNDS; SELF-FOCUS; SIMPLE METHOD; WAVEGUIDE ARRAY;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES; WAVEGUIDES;

MICROLENSES;

EID: 70349679307     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3156019     Document Type: Article

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