Optical design of high resolution concave superposition compound eye

Abstract

A compound eye is a way to reach miniature imaging systems. This paper discusses design and image evaluation of novel high resolution concave superposition compound eyes with a planar or curved detector. In the superposition system, each channel images all of fields of view of the system. This designed system contains three curved micro lens arrays with aspheric surfaces for the concave superposition eye. We have simulated and optimized a high resolution system by using geometrical and diffraction-based methods.