Thin wafer-level camera lenses inspired by insect compound eyes

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 24379-24394

  Brückner, Andreas ^a   Duparré, Jacques ^a,c   Leitel, Robert ^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)

^c Pelican Imaging Corp   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER VISION; MICROOPTICS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

COMPOUND EYE; FABRICATION TECHNIQUE; FIELD OF VIEWS; MICRO-LENS ARRAYS; MICROOPTICAL; ON-WAFER; OPTICAL CHANNELS; PIXEL PITCH; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; REAL TIME VISION; SOFTWARE CORRECTION; STATE OF THE ART; THIN WAFERS; TRACK LENGTHS;

OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPOUND EYE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONICS; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PHOTOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; COMPOUND EYE, ARTHROPOD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONICS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LENSES; PHOTOGRAPHY;

EID: 78649712472     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.024379     Document Type: Article

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