TY - JOUR
T1 - Fully spherical stretchable silicon photodiodes array for simultaneous 360 imaging
AU - Torres Sevilla, Galo A.
AU - Qaiser, Nadeem
AU - Cordero, Marlon D.
AU - Shaikh, Sohail F.
AU - Hussain, Muhammad M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Author(s).
PY - 2018/9/24
Y1 - 2018/9/24
N2 - Imaging is one of the important wonders of today's world. While everyday millions of snaps are taken, new advances like panoramic imaging have become increasingly popular. However, as of today an imaging system which can simultaneously capture images from all 360° viewpoints with a single sensor has not been achieved. Here, we show a physically flexible and stretchable version of arrayed silicon photodiodes made from low-cost bulk monocrystalline silicon (100) that can capture simultaneous omnidirectional images. The present report, with multiple wavelength detection, fast photoresponsivity, a wide viewing angle, selective aberration, and dynamic focusing enabled by 3D printed pneumatic actuators (note, today millions of image sensors can be integrated in mm2 area), overcomes previous demonstrations of only hemispherical photodetection capability. Such imaging capability will make unmanned air vehicles or self-driven cars safer, affordable augmented and virtual reality and more importantly, in-vivo biomedical imaging will be more effective.
AB - Imaging is one of the important wonders of today's world. While everyday millions of snaps are taken, new advances like panoramic imaging have become increasingly popular. However, as of today an imaging system which can simultaneously capture images from all 360° viewpoints with a single sensor has not been achieved. Here, we show a physically flexible and stretchable version of arrayed silicon photodiodes made from low-cost bulk monocrystalline silicon (100) that can capture simultaneous omnidirectional images. The present report, with multiple wavelength detection, fast photoresponsivity, a wide viewing angle, selective aberration, and dynamic focusing enabled by 3D printed pneumatic actuators (note, today millions of image sensors can be integrated in mm2 area), overcomes previous demonstrations of only hemispherical photodetection capability. Such imaging capability will make unmanned air vehicles or self-driven cars safer, affordable augmented and virtual reality and more importantly, in-vivo biomedical imaging will be more effective.
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U2 - 10.1063/1.5049233
DO - 10.1063/1.5049233
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85054142363
SN - 0003-6951
VL - 113
JO - Applied Physics Letters
JF - Applied Physics Letters
IS - 13
M1 - 134101
ER -