title: Imaging skins: an imaging modality with ultra-thin form factor.
abstract: Reduction of the volume and mass of an imaging system would be advantageous in a variety of applications. However, the far-field resolution of any such system is fundamentally limited by aperture size. We present a new imaging modality based on waveguide coupling that is completely confined to a two-dimensional surface. One such imaging skin was shown to have the same resolution as a 0.5 cm diameter lens while maintaining an imaging system depth of a few micrometers.
authors: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA. burc0062@umn.edu
authors: Jordan
authors: J
authors: Burch
authors: Ying
authors: Y
authors: Wan
authors: Junying
authors: J
authors: Zhang
authors: Terry
authors: T
authors: Smith
authors: James
authors: J
authors: Leger
mesh_terms: D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008027:Light; D055595:Mechanical Phenomena; D057054:Molecular Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D012867:Skin