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Semiconductor photonic devices operating in the midwave infrared (mid-IR, which we roughly define here as wavelengths spanning 3 to 14 microns) uniquely address a wide range of current practical needs. These include chemical sensing,…

The resolving ability of widefield fluorescence microscopy is fundamentally limited by out-of-focus background owing to its low axial resolution, particularly for densely labeled biological samples. Although total internal reflection…

In this article, we report an imaging method, termed Fourier ptychographic microscopy (FPM), which iteratively stitches together a number of variably illuminated, low-resolution intensity images in Fourier space to produce a wide-field,…

Optics · Physics 2014-05-02 Guoan Zheng , Roarke Horstmeyer , Changhuei Yang

Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) with high timing resolution and low background counts in the mid infrared (MIR) have the potential to open up numerous opportunities in fields such as exoplanet searches, direct dark…

Sensitive mid-infrared (MIR) detection is highly demanded in various applications, ranging from remote sensing, infrared surveillance, environmental monitoring to industrial inspection. Among others, upconversion infrared detectors have…

Optics · Physics 2026-05-29 Xiaohan Liu , Kun Huang , Wen Zhang , Ben Sun , Jianan Fang , Yan Liang , Heping Zeng

In this work, we present a technique to determine the mid-infrared refractive indices of thin superconducting films using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). In particular, we performed FTIR transmission and reflection…

Optics · Physics 2025-09-03 Dip Joti Paul , Tony X. Zhou , Karl K. Berggren

Quantitative phase microscopy (QPM), a technique combining phase imaging and microscopy, enables visualization of the 3D topography in reflective samples, as well as the inner structure or refractive index distribution of transparent and…

Optics · Physics 2025-01-17 Vicente Mico , Juanjuan Zheng , Javier Garcia , Zeev Zalevsky , Peng Gao

In this article, we describe the MIRI Imager module (MIRIM), which provides broad-band imaging in the 5 - 27 microns wavelength range for the James Webb Space Telescope. The imager has a 0"11 pixel scale and a total unobstructed view of…

We introduce a single-frame diffractive imaging method called randomized probe imaging (RPI). In RPI, a sample is illuminated by a structured probe field containing speckles smaller than the sample's typical feature size. Quantitative…

The far-infrared (FIR) regime is one of the few wavelength ranges where no astronomical data with sub-arcsecond spatial resolution exist. Neither of the medium-term satellite projects like SPICA, Millimetron nor O.S.T. will resolve this…

Mid-infrared (MIR) observations are typically accomplished from the ground through oscillating the secondary mirror a few times a second. This chopping serves to remove the fast time variable components of (a) sky variation and (b) array…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-06-04 Christopher Packham , Amílcar R. Torres-Quijano , Sergio Fernandez Acosta

Infrared nanospectroscopy based on Fourier transform infrared near-field spectroscopy (nano-FTIR) is an emerging nanoanalytical tool with large application potential for label-free mapping and identification of organic and inorganic…

Optics · Physics 2021-05-21 Marta Autore , Lars Mester , Monika Goikoetxea , R. Hillenbrand

Hyperspectral 3D imaging enables the capture of dense spectral information and scene geometry but has traditionally been confined to narrow spectral windows, typically the visible range. In this work, we introduce a broadband hyperspectral…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-26 Suhyun Shin , Yunseong Moon , Ryota Maeda , David Lindell , Kyros Kutulacos , Seung-Hwan Baek

Mid-infrared spectroscopy is often used to identify material. Thousands of spectral points are measured in a time-consuming process using expensive table-top instrument. However, material identification is a sparse problem, which in theory…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-12-27 Yurui Qu , Qingyi Zhou , Jin Xiang , Zongfu Yu

Multi-spectral imagers reveal information unperceivable to humans and conventional cameras. Here, we demonstrate a compact single-shot multi-spectral video-imaging camera by placing a micro-structured diffractive filter in close proximity…

Optics · Physics 2018-02-14 Peng Wang , Rajesh Menon

We propose a novel technique of microscopy to overcome the effects of both scattering and limitation of the accessible depth due to the objective working distance. By combining Laser Optical Feedback Imaging (LOFI) with Acoustic Photon…

Mid-infrared spectroscopic imaging (MIRSI) is an emerging class of label-free techniques being leveraged for digital histopathology. Modern histopathologic identification of ovarian cancer involves tissue staining followed by morphological…

Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) has matured into a versatile technique with relevance for environmental monitoring, pharmaceutical research, and food safety applications. However, compared to other spectroscopic methods, it…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-09-04 Jakub Mnich , Johannes Kunsch , Matthias Budden , Thomas Gebert , Marco Schossig , Jarosław Sotor , Łukasz A. Sterczewski

The mid-infrared region is crucial for elucidating the unique biochemical signatures of microorganisms. The MIR resonant structures turned out to facilitate exceptional performance owing to the enhance electric field confinement in the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-11-15 Pooja Sudha , Anil kumar , Kunal Dhankar , Khalid Ansari , Sugata Hazra , Arup Samanta

Achieving high spatial resolution is the goal of many imaging systems. Designing a high-resolution lens with diffraction-limited performance over a large field of view remains a difficult task in imaging system design. On the other hand,…