• Advanced Photonics
  • Vol. 6, Issue 5, 056001 (2024)
Yan Liu1,†, Wen-Dong Li2, Kun-Yuan Xin1, Ze-Ming Chen1..., Zun-Yi Chen1, Rui Chen1, Xiao-Dong Chen1, Fu-Li Zhao1, Wei-Shi Zheng2,* and Jian-Wen Dong1,*|Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1Sun Yat-sen University, School of Physics, State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Guangzhou, China
  • 2Sun Yat-sen University, School of Computer Science and Engineering, Guangzhou, China
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    DOI: 10.1117/1.AP.6.5.056001 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Yan Liu, Wen-Dong Li, Kun-Yuan Xin, Ze-Ming Chen, Zun-Yi Chen, Rui Chen, Xiao-Dong Chen, Fu-Li Zhao, Wei-Shi Zheng, Jian-Wen Dong, "Ultra-wide FOV meta-camera with transformer-neural-network color imaging methodology," Adv. Photon. 6, 056001 (2024) Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Planar cameras with high performance and wide field of view (FOV) are critical in various fields, requiring highly compact and integrated technology. Existing wide FOV metalenses show great potential for ultrathin optical components, but there is a set of tricky challenges, such as chromatic aberrations correction, central bright speckle removal, and image quality improvement of wide FOV. We design a neural meta-camera by introducing a knowledge-fused data-driven paradigm equipped with transformer-based network. Such a paradigm enables the network to sequentially assimilate the physical prior and experimental data of the metalens, and thus can effectively mitigate the aforementioned challenges. An ultra-wide FOV meta-camera, integrating an off-axis monochromatic aberration-corrected metalens with a neural CMOS image sensor without any relay lenses, is employed to demonstrate the availability. High-quality reconstructed results of color images and real scene images at different distances validate that the proposed meta-camera can achieve an ultra-wide FOV (>100 deg) and full-color images with the correction of chromatic aberration, distortion, and central bright speckle, and the contrast increase up to 13.5 times. Notably, coupled with its compact size (< 0.13 cm3), portability, and full-color imaging capacity, the neural meta-camera emerges as a compelling alternative for applications, such as micro-navigation, micro-endoscopes, and various on-chip devices.

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    Yan Liu, Wen-Dong Li, Kun-Yuan Xin, Ze-Ming Chen, Zun-Yi Chen, Rui Chen, Xiao-Dong Chen, Fu-Li Zhao, Wei-Shi Zheng, Jian-Wen Dong, "Ultra-wide FOV meta-camera with transformer-neural-network color imaging methodology," Adv. Photon. 6, 056001 (2024)
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