• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 12, Issue 6, 1129 (2024)
Chenyang Wu1,2,†, Xuanlun Huang1,2,†, Yipeng Ji2, Tingyu Cheng2..., Jiaxing Wang2, Nan Chi1,3, Shaohua Yu1,3 and Connie J. Chang-Hasnain1,2,4,*|Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1School of Information Science and Technology, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
  • 2Berxel Photonics Co., Ltd., Shenzhen 518071, China
  • 3Peng Cheng Laboratory, Shenzhen 518055, China
  • 4Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen 518172, China
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    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.516942 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Chenyang Wu, Xuanlun Huang, Yipeng Ji, Tingyu Cheng, Jiaxing Wang, Nan Chi, Shaohua Yu, Connie J. Chang-Hasnain, "Addressable structured light system using metasurface optics and an individually addressable VCSEL array," Photonics Res. 12, 1129 (2024) Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Structured-light (SL) based 3D sensors have been widely used in many fields. Speckle SL is the most widely deployed among all SL sensors due to its light weight, compact size, fast video rate, and low cost. The transmitter (known as the dot projector) consists of a randomly patterned vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) array multiplicated by a diffractive optical element (DOE) with a fixed repeated pattern. Given that the separation of any two speckles is only one known and fixed number (albeit random), there are no other known scales to calibrate or average. Hence, typical SL sensors require extensive in-factory calibrations, and the depth resolution is limited to 1 mm at 60cm distance. In this paper, to the best of our knowledge, we propose a novel dot projector and a new addressable SL (ASL) 3D sensor by using a regularly spaced, individually addressable VCSEL array, multiplicated by a metasurface-DOE (MDOE) into a random pattern of the array. Dynamically turning on or off the VCSELs in the array provides multiple known distances between neighboring speckles, which is used as a “built-in caliper” to achieve higher accuracy of depth. Serving as a precise “vernier caliper,” the addressable VCSEL array enables fine control over speckle positions and high detection precision. We experimentally demonstrated that the proposed method can result in sub-hundred-micron level precision. This new concept opens new possibilities for applications such as 3D computation, facial recognition, and wearable devices.
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    Chenyang Wu, Xuanlun Huang, Yipeng Ji, Tingyu Cheng, Jiaxing Wang, Nan Chi, Shaohua Yu, Connie J. Chang-Hasnain, "Addressable structured light system using metasurface optics and an individually addressable VCSEL array," Photonics Res. 12, 1129 (2024)
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