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LiDAR point-cloud segmentation is an important problem for many applications. For large-scale point cloud segmentation, the \textit{de facto} method is to project a 3D point cloud to get a 2D LiDAR image and use convolutions to process it.…

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Fluorescence microscopy is a critical tool across various disciplines, from materials science to biomedical research, yet it is limited by the diffraction limit of resolution. Advanced super-resolution techniques such as localization…

We introduce a superresolution technique that combines spatial mode demultiplexing (SPADE) with emitter blinking. We show that temporal fluctuations not only enhance the precision of SPADE imaging, but also drastically simplify the…

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Absolute quantity imaging of biomolecules on a single cell level is critical for measurement assurance in biosciences and bioindustries. While infrared (IR) transmission microscopy is a powerful label-free imaging modality capable of…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2024-03-29 Yow-Ren Chang , Seong-Min Kim , Young Jong Lee

Optical scattering presents a major obstacle to high resolution imaging in biological tissue and other turbid media. Conventional photoacoustic imaging can partially overcome this obstacle, enabling imaging of optical absorption in the…

Imaging of the optical properties of individual nanosystems beyond fluorescence can provide a wealth of information. However, the minute signals for absorption and dispersion are challenging to observe, and only specialized techniques…

Optics · Physics 2015-09-10 Matthias Mader , Jakob Reichel , Theodor W. Hänsch , David Hunger

We demonstrate a significant resolution enhancement beyond the conventional limit in multiphoton microscopy (MPM) using saturated excitation of fluorescence. Our technique achieves super-resolved imaging by temporally modulating the…

We experimentally demonstrate a universal, parameter-independent test for asymmetric source discrimination. The test allows us to discriminate faint sources well beyond the diffraction limit by exploiting spatial mode demultiplexing (SPADE)…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-18 Luigi Santamaria Amato , Danilo Triggiani , Cosmo Lupo

Conventional optical imaging is limited by diffraction, preventing discrimination of closely spaced incoherent sources. Inspired by quantum parameter estimation, this thesis explores spatial-mode demultiplexing (SPADE) as a method to…

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In recent years, compressed sensing (CS) has been applied in the field of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging and shows great potential. The existing models are, however, based on application of the sensing matrix acquired by the exact…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2014-05-23 Jian Fang , Zongben Xu , Bingchen Zhang , Wen Hong , Yirong Wu

Hyperspectral cameras face harsh trade-offs between spatial, spectral, and temporal resolution in inherently low-photon conditions. Computational imaging systems break through these trade-offs with compressive sensing, but have required…

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Label-free optical microscopy through absorption or scattering spectroscopy provides fundamental insights across biology and materials science, yet its sensitivity remains fundamentally limited by photon shot noise. While recent…

The lensless endoscope is a promising device designed to image tissues in vivo at the cellular scale. The traditional acquisition setup consists in raster scanning during which the focused light beam from the optical fiber illuminates…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-10-31 Stéphanie Guérit , Siddharth Sivankutty , Camille Scotté , John Alto Lee , Hervé Rigneault , Laurent Jacques

The emergence of diffusion models has significantly advanced generative AI, improving the quality, realism, and creativity of image and video generation. Among them, Stable Diffusion (StableDiff) stands out as a key model for text-to-image…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2025-07-03 Zhican Wang , Guanghui He , Hongxiang Fan

It is demonstrated that velocity selective optical pumping/saturation resonances of reduced absorption in a Rb vapor nanocell with thickness \textit{L=} $\lambda $, 2$\lambda $, and 3$\lambda $ (resonant wavelength $\lambda $ = 780 nm)…

Classical Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 A. Sargsyan , D. Sarkisyan , A. Papoyan , Y. Pashayan-Leroy , P. Moroshkin , A. Weis , A. Khanbekyan , E. Mariotti , L. Moi

Imaging below the diffraction limit is always a public interest because of the restricted resolution of conventional imaging systems. To beat the limit, evanescent harmonics decaying in space must participate in the imaging process. Here,…

Optics · Physics 2019-10-02 Tie-Jun Huang , Li-Zheng Yin , Ya Shuang , Jiang-Yu Liu , Yunhua Tan , Pu-Kun Liu

We introduce the concept of a squeezed laser, in which a squeezed cavity mode develops a macroscopic photonic occupation due to stimulated emission. Above the lasing threshold, the emitted light retains both the spectral purity inherent of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-11-10 Carlos Sánchez Muñoz , Dieter Jaksch

Object classification in synthetic aperture sonar (SAS) imagery is usually a data starved and class imbalanced problem. There are few objects of interest present among much benign seafloor. Despite these problems, current classification…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-10-16 Isaac Gerg , David Williams

Super-resolution microscopy overcomes the diffraction limit of conventional light microscopy in spatial resolution. By providing novel spatial or spatio-temporal information on biological processes at nanometer resolution with molecular…

Biological Physics · Physics 2021-11-10 Tianjie Yang , Yaoru Luo , Wei Ji , Ge Yang

Saturation effects affecting absorption and fluorescence spectra of an atomic vapor confined in an Extremely Thin Cell (cell thickness $L < 1 \mu m$) are investigated experimentally and theoretically. The study is performed on the $D_{2}$…

Classical Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 C. Andreeva , S. Cartaleva , L. Petrov , S. M. Saltiel , D. Sarkisyan , T. Varzhapetyan , D. Bloch , M. Ducloy