A retina-like hemispherical imager the resolution of planar focal plane arrays (Conference Presentation)

Dejiu Fan; Byungjun Lee D.D.S.; Stephen R. Forrest

doi:10.1117/12.2289196

14 March 2018 A retina-like hemispherical imager the resolution of planar focal plane arrays (Conference Presentation)

Dejiu Fan, Byungjun Lee D.D.S., Stephen R. Forrest

Proceedings Volume 10528, Optical Components and Materials XV; 1052812 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2289196
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2018, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

The retina employs a unique hemispherical architecture that provides a low-aberration image with wide field of view. However, owing to established optoelectronic fabrication technologies, conventional imagers are limited to a planar architecture. Despite that limitation, intensive endeavors have been made on mimicking the hemispherical detector geometry. The most critical limitation of the existing approaches is the increased spacing between adjacent detectors on deformation to form non-developable three-dimensional array surfaces. Here, we demonstrate retina-like imagers that do not suffer from pixel spacing enlargement upon transforming into the desired three-dimensional hemispherical shape. The approach employs fabrication processes that are generally employed for optoelectronics on planar flexible plastic foils followed by the unique elongation-free conformal deformation on an elastomeric transfer handle. Using these methods, we demonstrate hemispherical imagers with high optical performance, high yield, and, importantly, unchanged pixel density upon deformation and transformation from a developable two-dimensional to a non-developable three-dimensional surface. This approach is compatible with batch fabrication of imagers with many high performance crystalline materials including but not limited to Si, GaAs, InGaAs, and etc. The demonstrated methods provide a practical path of making high pixel density imaging system on non-developable surfaces.

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Dejiu Fan, Byungjun Lee D.D.S., and Stephen R. Forrest "A retina-like hemispherical imager the resolution of planar focal plane arrays (Conference Presentation)", Proc. SPIE 10528, Optical Components and Materials XV, 1052812 (14 March 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2289196

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Imaging systems

Sensors

Optoelectronics

3D image processing

Gallium arsenide

Indium gallium arsenide

Retina

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