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Plasmonic ommatidia for lensless compound-eye vision

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  • Leonard C. Kogos

    (Boston University)

  • Yunzhe Li

    (Boston University)

  • Jianing Liu

    (Boston University)

  • Yuyu Li

    (Boston University)

  • Lei Tian

    (Boston University)

  • Roberto Paiella

    (Boston University)

Abstract

The vision system of arthropods such as insects and crustaceans is based on the compound-eye architecture, consisting of a dense array of individual imaging elements (ommatidia) pointing along different directions. This arrangement is particularly attractive for imaging applications requiring extreme size miniaturization, wide-angle fields of view, and high sensitivity to motion. However, the implementation of cameras directly mimicking the eyes of common arthropods is complicated by their curved geometry. Here, we describe a lensless planar architecture, where each pixel of a standard image-sensor array is coated with an ensemble of metallic plasmonic nanostructures that only transmits light incident along a small geometrically-tunable distribution of angles. A set of near-infrared devices providing directional photodetection peaked at different angles is designed, fabricated, and tested. Computational imaging techniques are then employed to demonstrate the ability of these devices to reconstruct high-quality images of relatively complex objects.

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  • Leonard C. Kogos & Yunzhe Li & Jianing Liu & Yuyu Li & Lei Tian & Roberto Paiella, 2020. "Plasmonic ommatidia for lensless compound-eye vision," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 11(1), pages 1-9, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:11:y:2020:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-020-15460-0
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-15460-0
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