A 2x2 multi-chip reconfigurable MOEMS mask: a stepping stone to large format microshutter arrays for coded aperture applications

Mark E. McNie; Alan G. Brown; David O. King; Gilbert W. Smith; Neil T. Gordon; Stephen Riches; Stanley Rogers

doi:10.1117/12.860436

28 August 2010 A 2x2 multi-chip reconfigurable MOEMS mask: a stepping stone to large format microshutter arrays for coded aperture applications

Mark E. McNie, Alan G. Brown, David O. King, Gilbert W. Smith, Neil T. Gordon, Stephen Riches, Stanley Rogers

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Proceedings Volume 7818, Adaptive Coded Aperture Imaging, Non-Imaging, and Unconventional Imaging Sensor Systems II; 78180G (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.860436
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2010, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Coded aperture imaging has been used for astronomical applications for several years. Typical implementations used a fixed mask pattern and are designed to operate in the X-Ray or gamma ray bands. Recently applications have emerged in the visible and infra red bands for low cost lens-less imaging systems and system studies have shown that considerable advantages in image resolution may accrue from the use of multiple different images of the same scene - requiring a reconfigurable mask. Previously reported work focused on realising a 2x2cm single chip mask in the mid-IR based on polysilicon micro-optoelectro- mechanical systems (MOEMS) technology and its integration with ASIC drive electronics using conventional wire bonding. It employs interference effects to modulate incident light - achieved by tuning a large array of asymmetric Fabry-Perot optical cavities via an applied voltage and uses a hysteretic row/column scheme for addressing. In this paper we report on the latest results in the mid-IR for the single chip reconfigurable MOEMS mask, trials in scaling up to a mask based on a 2x2 multi-chip array and report on progress towards realising a large format mask comprising 44 MOEMS chips. We also explore the potential of such large, transmissive IR spatial light modulator arrays for other applications and in the current and alternative architectures.

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Mark E. McNie, Alan G. Brown, David O. King, Gilbert W. Smith, Neil T. Gordon, Stephen Riches, and Stanley Rogers "A 2x2 multi-chip reconfigurable MOEMS mask: a stepping stone to large format microshutter arrays for coded aperture applications", Proc. SPIE 7818, Adaptive Coded Aperture Imaging, Non-Imaging, and Unconventional Imaging Sensor Systems II, 78180G (28 August 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.860436

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