[18p-C303-1~8] Polarization imaging for lightwave sensing

[18p-C303-3] Four-Directional Pixel-Wise Polarization CMOS Image Sensor and Its Applications

〇Jun Murayama¹, Yasutaka Hirasawa¹, Yuhi Kondo¹, Yin Lu¹, Teppei Kurita¹, Shun Kaizu¹, Hajime Mihara¹, Tomohiro Yamazaki², Yasushi Maruyama², Yusuke Uesaka², Yoshihisa Matoba², Takashi Terada³, Kenta Komori³, Yoshiyuki Ohba³, Shinichi Arakawa³, Kentaro Akiyama², Yusuke Oike², Shuzo Sato², Takayuki Ezaki² (1.Sony Corporation, 2.Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, 3.Sony Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation)

Keywords:image sensor, polarization

We present a four-directional pixel-wise polarization CMOS image sensor using and air-gap wire grid on 2.5um back-illuminated pixels, and applications utilizing this devise.