Microfabricated ommatidia using a laser induced self-writing process for high resolution artificial compound eye optical systems

A microfabricated compound eye, comparable to a natural compound eye shows a spherical arrangement of integrated optical units called artificial ommatidia. Each consists of a self-aligned microlens and waveguide. The increase of waveguide length is imperative to obtain high resolution images through...

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Published inOptics express Vol. 17; no. 17; pp. 14761 - 14766
Main Authors Jung, Hyukjin, Jeong, Ki-Hun
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 17.08.2009
Subjects
Equipment Design
Eye, Artificial
Imaging, Three-Dimensional
Lasers
Light
Movement
Optics and Photonics
Polymers - chemistry
Time Factors
Ultraviolet Rays
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Summary:A microfabricated compound eye, comparable to a natural compound eye shows a spherical arrangement of integrated optical units called artificial ommatidia. Each consists of a self-aligned microlens and waveguide. The increase of waveguide length is imperative to obtain high resolution images through an artificial compound eye for wide field-of - view imaging as well as fast motion detection. This work presents an effective method for increasing the waveguide length of artificial ommatidium using a laser induced self-writing process in a photosensitive polymer resin. The numerical and experimental results show the uniform formation of waveguides and the increment of waveguide length over 850 microm.
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ISSN:1094-4087
1094-4087
DOI:10.1364/OE.17.014761