Working Principle of Biologically Inspired Ultrathin Arrayed Camera (IMAGE)

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Working Principle of Biologically Inspired Ultrathin Arrayed Camera

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a, Schematic illustrations of a biologically inspired ultrathin arrayed camera. The biologically inspired ultrathin camera features inverted microlens arrays (iMLA), multilayered aperture arrays (MAAs), gap spacers, and CMOS image sensor arrays (CMOS ISA). b, A cross-sectional optical image of iMLAs and MAAs. c, The captured array images of a red parrot. e, Photographs of a commercialized compact camera (upper) and the ultrathin arrayed camera (lower) to compare image performance with a comparable f-number lens. A red parrot image acquired by f. the commercialized camera and g. the single channel of the ultrathin arrayed camera. h. Reconstructed image from several channels.

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by Kisoo Kim, Kyung-Won Jang, Jae-Kwan Ryu and Ki-Hun Jeong

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