A Eye :: Astrobiology Magazine
The artificial compound eye created by Luke P. Lee and his team is similar in size, shape and structure to an insect's compound eye, seen in cross-section.
Credit: Luke Lee courtesy Science magazine
They are the first hemispherical, three-dimensional optical systems to integrate microlens arrays - thousands of tiny lenses packed side by side - with self-aligned, self-written waveguides, that is, light-conducting channels that themselves have been created by beams of light, said Lee, the Lloyd Distinguished Professor of Bioengineering at UC Berkeley.
The eyes are fully described for the first time in the April 28 issue of the journal Science.
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