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                               Y Object
                     Plane           Microlens
                              S 1
                     wave          S 2  array
                                              L
                    Scattering  x
                      layers                           Y 0


                              b
                                                          CCD
                                     Z 1
                                                   X 0
                                             Z 2
                         (a)                                      (b)
                    Figure 11.12  Artificial neural superpositional system (a) schematic, (b) image formation following
                    summation over many images. (From Rosen, J. and Abookasis, D. Optics Express 2003: 11(26), 3605–3611.
                    With permission.)






















                    Figure 11.13  Electron micrograph of the lobster eye.
























                    Figure 11.14  Cross-sectional schematic of lobster eye optics. Rays reflected by channel walls are focused onto
                    a photodetector.
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