title: Experimentally validated computational imaging with adaptive multiaperture folded architecture.
abstract: We present experimental results of imaging and digital superresolution in a multiaperture miniature folded imaging architecture called PANOPTES. We prove the feasibility of integrating a low f-number folded imagers within a steerable multiaperture framework while maintaining a thin profile. Stringent requirements including low f-number and compact form factor, combined with the need for an ability to steer individual fields of view necessitate an off-axis design, resulting in a plane symmetric optical system. We present a detailed description of the ensuing optical design and its performance. The feasibility of this architecture is demonstrated through experiments and preliminary reconstruction results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical Engineering, Southern Methodist University, 6251 Airline Road, Dallas, Texas 75275-0338, USA. vrbhakta@smu.edu
authors.forename: Vikrant R
authors.initials: VR
authors.lastname: Bhakta
authors.forename: Manjunath
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Somayaji
authors.forename: Scott C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Douglas
authors.forename: Marc P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Christensen