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Methodology to design optical systems with curved sensors

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Abstract

Curved sensors are a suitable technological solution to enhance the vast majority of optical systems. In this work, we show the entire process to create curved sensor-based optical systems and the possibilities they offer. This paper defines the boundaries of the reachable curvatures for a full range of monolithic sensors. We discuss how the curved focal plane shape is related to the imaged scenes and optical parameters. Two camera prototypes are designed, realized, and tested, demonstrating a new compact optical architecture for a 40 deg compact objective as well as a wide-field fisheye zoom objective using a convex sensor to image a 180 deg field of view.

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© 2019 Optical Society of America. Received 14 September 2018; revised 18 December 2018; accepted 2 January 2019; posted 3 January 2019 (Doc. ID 345654); published 28 January 2019. Funding: H2020 European Research Council (ERC) (H2020—ERC-STG-2015–678777 ICARUS); Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) (LabEx FOCUS ANR-11-LABX-0013).

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92913
DOI
10.1364/ao.58.000973
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CaltechAUTHORS:20190214-073507500

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European Research Council (ERC)
678777
Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR)
ANR-11-LABX-0013

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2019-02-14
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