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ArticleNanophotonics (Berlin, Germany)2025

Baseline-free structured light 3D imaging using a metasurface double-helix dot projector.

Zicheng Shen, Yibo Ni, Yuanmu Yang

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Article in Nanophotonics (Berlin, Germany), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Zicheng ShenState Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instruments, Department of Precision Instrument, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
Yibo NiState Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instruments, Department of Precision Instrument, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
Yuanmu YangState Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instruments, Department of Precision Instrument, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5264-0822

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Abstract

Structured light is a widely used 3D imaging method with a drawback that it typically requires a long baseline length between the laser projector and the camera sensor, which hinders its utilization in space-constrained scenarios. On the other hand, the application of passive 3D imaging methods, such as depth from depth-dependent point spread functions (PSFs), is impeded by the challenge in measuring textureless scenes. Here, we combine the advantages of both structured light and depth-dependent PSFs and propose a baseline-free structured light 3D imaging system. A metasurface is designed to project a structured dot array and encode depth information in the double-helix pattern of each dot simultaneously. Combined with a straightforward and fast algorithm, we demonstrate accurate 3D point cloud acquisition for various real-world scenarios including multiple cardboard boxes and a living human face. Such a technique may find application in a broad range of areas including consumer electronics and precision metrology.

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baseline-freemetasurface double-helix dot projectorstructured light 3D imaging

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PMID40290276
PMCPMC12019951

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