| 摘要 |
An imaging module 120 includes an optical fiber faceplate 150 with an image-input face 152, a planar image-output face 154, and a plurality of adjacently fused, internally reflecting imaging conduits 160 extending between the image-input and image-output faces. The constituent imaging conduits extend along conduit axes that mutually converge such that an image inputted through the image-input face is reduced in size along at least one dimension for outputting through the image-output face. The imaging module further includes an imaging detector array 130 including a plurality of photosensitive detector elements arranged in accordance with a predetermined array format. The faceplate is situated in front of the detector array such that light incident upon the image-input face is transmitted through the faceplate and optically communicated to the detector elements through the image-output face. Multiple imaging modules can be tiled in tight formations in order to form a larger format imaging array. A method of making the module is also disclosed. |
