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Petapixel photography and the limits of camera information capacity

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Brady, DJ; Marks, DL; Feller, S; Gehm, M; Golish, D; Vera, E; Kittle, D
Published in: Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
April 10, 2013

The monochromatic single frame pixel count of a camera is limited by diffraction to the space-bandwidth product, roughly the aperture area divided by the square of the wavelength. We have recently shown that it is possible to approach this limit using multiscale lenses for cameras with space bandwidth product between 1 and 100 gigapixels. When color, polarization, coherence and time are included in the image data cube, camera information capacity may exceed 1 petapixel/second. This talk reviews progress in the construction of DARPA AWARE gigapixel cameras and describes compressive measurement strategies that may be used in combination with multiscale systems to push camera capacity to near physical limits. © 2013 SPIE-IS&T.

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Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

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0277-786X

Publication Date

April 10, 2013

Volume

8657

Related Subject Headings

  • 5102 Atomic, molecular and optical physics
  • 4009 Electronics, sensors and digital hardware
  • 4006 Communications engineering
 

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Brady, D. J., Marks, D. L., Feller, S., Gehm, M., Golish, D., Vera, E., & Kittle, D. (2013). Petapixel photography and the limits of camera information capacity. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 8657. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2014274
Brady, D. J., D. L. Marks, S. Feller, M. Gehm, D. Golish, E. Vera, and D. Kittle. “Petapixel photography and the limits of camera information capacity.” Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering 8657 (April 10, 2013). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2014274.
Brady DJ, Marks DL, Feller S, Gehm M, Golish D, Vera E, et al. Petapixel photography and the limits of camera information capacity. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. 2013 Apr 10;8657.
Brady, D. J., et al. “Petapixel photography and the limits of camera information capacity.” Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 8657, Apr. 2013. Scopus, doi:10.1117/12.2014274.
Brady DJ, Marks DL, Feller S, Gehm M, Golish D, Vera E, Kittle D. Petapixel photography and the limits of camera information capacity. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. 2013 Apr 10;8657.

Published In

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

DOI

ISSN

0277-786X

Publication Date

April 10, 2013

Volume

8657

Related Subject Headings

  • 5102 Atomic, molecular and optical physics
  • 4009 Electronics, sensors and digital hardware
  • 4006 Communications engineering