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Volumetric reconstruction of label-free living cells from non-destructive optical microscopic images reveals cellular metabolism in native environments. However, current optical tomography techniques require hundreds of 2D images to…

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Analog computation with passive optical components can enhance processing speeds and reduce power consumption, recently attracting renewed interest thanks to the opportunities enabled by metasurfaces. Basic image processing tasks, such as…

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Speckle-based sensing exploits the rich environmental information of its high-dimensional spatial intensity patterns. However, the requirement for camera-based acquisition and subsequent electronic digitization introduces significant…

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Imaging through a single optical fiber offers attractive possibilities in many applications such as microendoscopy or remote sensing. However, the direct transmission of an image through an optical fiber is difficult because spatial…

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