Polarization independent freeform color router for subwavelength-pixel CMOS image sensors

Sungmo Ahn; Peter B. Catrysse; Sangeun Mun; Choonlae Cho; Minwoo Lim; Sookyoung Roh; Seokho Yun; Shanhui Fan

doi:10.1117/12.2647788

17 March 2023 Polarization independent freeform color router for subwavelength-pixel CMOS image sensors

Sungmo Ahn, Peter B. Catrysse, Sangeun Mun, Choonlae Cho, Minwoo Lim, Sookyoung Roh, Seokho Yun, Shanhui Fan

Proceedings Volume PC12432, High Contrast Metastructures XII; PC124320A (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2647788
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2023, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

We proposed the structural symmetry in a freeform color router design for subwavelength-pixel Bayer image sensors to insure the polarization independence as well as the symmetric field profiles. Although the reduced degrees-of-freedom lowers color routing efficiency compared to non-symmetric structures, it still outperforms the conventional color filtering approach. Numerical simulation confirmed that the proposed symmetric color router design for 0.5um-pixel Bayer sensor can achieve the peak optical efficiencies of ~0.8 for red and blue, ~0.7 for green regardless of the polarization direction (corresponds 3.2 times and 1.4 times enhancement over the ideal color filters). We believe that this study presents a more practical and efficient way to design color routers for CMOS image sensor applications.

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Sungmo Ahn, Peter B. Catrysse, Sangeun Mun, Choonlae Cho, Minwoo Lim, Sookyoung Roh, Seokho Yun, and Shanhui Fan "Polarization independent freeform color router for subwavelength-pixel CMOS image sensors", Proc. SPIE PC12432, High Contrast Metastructures XII, PC124320A (17 March 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2647788

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