System and method for optically co-registering pixels

1. A system, comprising:

an optical element having a plurality of contiguous lenses;

a detecting device having a plurality of light-sensing pixels, the optical element having a lens in the plurality of lenses associated with each of the plurality of light-sensing pixels; and

intermediate imaging optics for receiving light emitted and/or reflected from an object and focusing the light onto the plurality of contiguous lenses such that energy indicative of the image is divided on each of the associated light-sensing pixels

wherein the optical element comprises a plurality of lens quadrants, the intermediate imaging optics comprises a plurality of focusing lenses organized in a matrix-like formation, the intermediate imaging optics having a focusing lens corresponding to each of the plurality of lens quadrants, and at least one of the lenses is offset with respect to a center of the corresponding lens quadrant so that the light focuses on the center of the lens quadrant.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein each lens in at least one of the lens quadrants focuses a portion of the light onto a corresponding one of the plurality of light-sensing pixels thereby equally dividing energy on each of the plurality of light-sensing pixels.

3. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a filter associated with each contiguous lens or subset thereof.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein each filter is positioned between one of the contiguous lenses and corresponding light-sensing pixel.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein each filter is a polarization filter for filtering differing light electric field component orientations.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the optical element transmits a portion of the light through each filter such that each light-sensing pixel is energized by light associated with a differing electric field component orientation based upon the corresponding filter.