title: Compact multi-aperture imaging with high angular resolution.
abstract: Previous reports have demonstrated that it is possible to emulate the imaging function of a single conventional lens with an N×N array of identical lenslets to provide an N-fold reduction in imaging-system track length. This approach limits the application to low-resolution imaging. We highlight how using an array of dissimilar lenslets, with an array width that can be much wider than the detector array, high-resolution super-resolved imaging is possible. We illustrate this approach with a ray-traced design and optimization of a long-wave infrared system employing a 3×3 array of freeform lenslets to provide a fourfold reduction in track length compared to a baseline system. Simulations of image recovery show that recovered image quality is comparable to that of the baseline system.
authors.forename: Guillem
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Carles
authors.forename: Gonzalo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Muyo
authors.forename: Nicholas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bustin
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wood
authors.forename: Andrew R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Harvey