Lidar with superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors: Recent advances and developments

Y Guan, H Li, L Xue, R Yin, L Zhang, H Wang… - Optics and Lasers in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Lidar has already achieved long-distance and high-accuracy detection due to the improved
sensitivity and timing accuracy of single-photon detectors (SPDs). However, single-photon …

A low-power biomimetic collision detector based on an in-memory molybdenum disulfide photodetector

D Jayachandran, A Oberoi, A Sebastian… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Accurately detecting a potential collision and triggering a timely escape response is critical
in the field of robotics and autonomous vehicle safety. The lobula giant movement detector …

Towards computational models and applications of insect visual systems for motion perception: A review

Q Fu, H Wang, C Hu, S Yue - Artificial life, 2019 - direct.mit.edu
Motion perception is a critical capability determining a variety of aspects of insects' life,
including avoiding predators, foraging, and so forth. A good number of motion detectors …

Demosaicking DoFP images using Newton's polynomial interpolation and polarization difference model

N Li, Y Zhao, Q Pan, SG Kong - Optics express, 2019 - opg.optica.org
A demand for division of focal plane (DoFP) polarization imaging technology grows rapidly
as nanofabrication technologies become mature. For real-time polarization imaging, a DoFP …

Survey of demosaicking methods for polarization filter array images

S Mihoubi, PJ Lapray, L Bigué - Sensors, 2018 - mdpi.com
Snapshot polarization imaging has gained interest in the last few decades. Recent research
and technology achievements defined the polarization Filter Array (PFA). It is dedicated to …

Highly Sensitive and Cost‐Effective Polymeric‐Sulfur‐Based Mid‐Wavelength Infrared Linear Polarizers with Tailored Fabry–Pérot Resonance

W Cho, J Hwang, SY Lee, J Park, N Han… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Inverse‐vulcanized polymeric sulfur has received considerable attention for application in
waste‐based infrared (IR) polarizers with high polarization sensitivities, owing to its high …

An ant-inspired celestial compass applied to autonomous outdoor robot navigation

J Dupeyroux, S Viollet, JR Serres - Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 2019 - Elsevier
Desert ants use the polarization of skylight and a combination of stride and ventral optic flow
integration processes to track the nest and food positions when traveling, achieving …

High-polarization-discriminating infrared detection using a single quantum well sandwiched in plasmonic micro-cavity

Q Li, ZF Li, N Li, XS Chen, PP Chen, XC Shen, W Lu - Scientific reports, 2014 - nature.com
Polarimetric imaging has proved its value in medical diagnostics, bionics, remote sensing,
astronomy and in many other wide fields. Pixel-level solid monolithically integrated …

Design and calibration of a novel camera-based bio-inspired polarization navigation sensor

C Fan, X Hu, J Lian, L Zhang, X He - IEEE Sensors Journal, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The remarkable ability of animals using the skylight polarization pattern provides a
significant inspiration for the autonomous robotic navigation. The bio-inspired polarization …

Integrated polarized skylight sensor and MIMU with a metric map for urban ground navigation

C Fan, X Hu, X He, L Zhang, J Lian - IEEE Sensors Journal, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a novel multi-sensor navigation system for the urban ground vehicle.
The integration system can combine the measurements from a polarized skylight sensor, an …