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Planar Micro‐Optics: Planar Emulation of Natural Compound Eyes (Small 14/2012)
Author(s) -
Keum Dongmin,
Jung Hyukjin,
Jeong KiHun
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
small
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.201290078
Subject(s) - planar , compound eye , superposition principle , emulation , optics , computer science , cover (algebra) , natural (archaeology) , computer graphics (images) , materials science , computer vision , artificial intelligence , nanotechnology , physics , engineering , biology , mechanical engineering , paleontology , quantum mechanics , economics , economic growth
Nature provides ten different anatomical structures of compound eyes for arthropod vision. The cover image presents the direct visualization of light propagation inside natural compound eyes. Despite being an inspiration to engineering, none of these vision schemes is well understood. The method presented by K.‐H. Jeong and coworkers on page 2169 provides a novel approach to emulating the optical schemes and functions of two representative types of simple apposition and reflecting superposition.