Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 6, Issue 8, 561(2008)

Wide field-of-view foveated imaging system

Xiaoxia Zhao1,2,3, Yongjun Xie1、*, and Wei Zhao1
Author Affiliations
  • 1State Key Laboratory of Transient Optics and Photonics, Xi’an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi’an 710119
  • 2Physics Department of Anyang Normal University, Anyang 455000
  • 3Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Scineces, Beijing 100049
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    We have designed and demonstrated a simple, wide field-of-view (FOV=60\circ) foveated imaging system utilizing a deformable mirror. The deformable mirror is used to dynamically correct the off-axis aberrations that limit the useful FOV of the system. The system mimics the operation of human eye through creating an image with variable spatial resolution and can be made significantly smaller and more compact than a conventional wide FOV system. Experiments show that this system can be used in many areas where size, weight, and data transmission bandwidth are critical.

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    Paper Information

    Received: Jan. 11, 2008

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Sep. 2, 2008

    The Author Email: Yongjun Xie (yjxie@opt.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/COL20080608.0561

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