Title :
Integrated polarization-analyzing CMOS image sensor for detecting incoming light ray direction
Author :
Sarkar, Mukul ; Bello, David San Segundo ; Van Hoof, Chris ; Theuwissen, Albert
Author_Institution :
IMEC, Netherlands
Abstract :
A CMOS image sensor with an integrated wire grid polarizer to sense the polarization of light is presented. The chip consists of an array of 128 by 128 pixels, it occupies an area of 5 × 4 mm2 and it has been designed and fabricated in a CMOS 180 nm process. The integrated grid polarizer is oriented in various directions to compute the Stokes parameters which can be used to determine the degree of polarization of the incoming light ray.
Keywords :
CMOS image sensors; light polarisation; CMOS image sensor; incoming light ray direction detection; integrated wire grid polarizer; light polarization; size 180 nm; stokes parameters; CMOS image sensors; Image sensors; Insects; Light scattering; Navigation; Optical arrays; Optical polarization; Sensor arrays; Stokes parameters; Sun; CMOS image sensor; Metal grid; Polarization; Stokes parameters;
Conference_Titel :
Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS), 2010 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Limerick
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4988-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4989-7
DOI :
10.1109/SAS.2010.5439404
