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Spiral diopter: freeform lenses with enhanced multifocal behavior (Optica)
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All optical neural interfaces (Appl. Opt.)
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Structured illumination and image enhancement of three-dimensional and moving objects at a distance via incoherent Fourier ptychography (Appl. Opt.)
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Application of GRIN-lens-based in-line digital holographic microscopy to automatic detection and localization of particles released from a MEMS device (Appl. Opt.)
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Fabrication of multilevel metalenses using multiphoton lithography: from design to evaluation (Opt. Express)
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JOSA B
Dynamics and stability conditions of a spectrally combined beam based on a diode laser array
Summary by Yuanlong Fan

A key challenge in designing a spectral beam combining (SBC) system based on a diode laser array (DLA) is how to avoid...

Optics Letters
Spin–orbital angular momentum degeneracy breaking in nanoplasmonic metachain
Summary by Haoran Ren

Breaking the spin-orbital angular momentum degeneracy in a novel plasmonic metachain. Plasmonic metasurfaces hold great...

Photonics Research
Single-shot non-line-of-sight imaging based on chromato-axial differential correlography
Summary by Prasanna Rangarajan

The core elements of an imaging system, which include an illumination source and a lens assembly, have remained...

Announcements   More >
25 OPTICA
APR
2024		 Optica Research - Airborne single-photon lidar system achieves high-resolution 3D imaging
 
10 BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS
APR
2024		 Optica mourns the loss of Biomedical Optics Express Founding Editor-in-Chief Joseph Izatt (1962-2024)
 
02 OPTICS LETTERS
APR
2024		 Optics Letters Research - Researchers use smartphone screen to create 3D layered holographic images