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    • Optics and Photonics
    • Microscopy
    • 3D Imaging Technology

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    • Traditional light field cameras often face limitations in resolution and field of view.
    • Gradient index (GRIN) lenses offer unique optical properties for miniaturized imaging systems.

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    • To develop and demonstrate a light field camera system utilizing a hexagonal array of nanostructured gradient index microlenses.
    • To achieve high-resolution 3D reconstruction for both macro and microscopic imaging applications.

    Main Methods:

    • Fabrication of a hexagonal microlens array (469 lenses, 20µm diameter) using modified stack-and-draw technology with quantized gradient index profiles.
    • Implementation in two light field camera configurations: microlens array at the focal plane of a main lens and between a sample and a microscope objective.
    • Image reconstruction using Fourier slice photography and scale-invariant feature transform (SIFT) methods.

    Main Results:

    • Configuration 1 (Fourier slice photography): Achieved partial 3D reconstruction of a macro scene with 20µm spatial and depth resolution over a 500×500×500µm field of view.
    • Configuration 2 (SIFT): Enabled super-resolution 3D reconstruction of microscopic images with 2µm spatial and 10µm depth resolution over a 150×115×80µm field of view.

    Conclusions:

    • The developed nanostructured gradient index microlens array is effective for high-resolution 3D light field imaging.
    • The system demonstrates versatility, enabling advanced 3D reconstruction in both macro and microscopic imaging scenarios.