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Phase retrieval is a fundamental technique of advanced optical technologies, enabling precise control over wavefront properties. A persistent challenge in diffractive optical element (DOE) design is that a single hologram typically operates…

Optics · Physics 2024-12-02 Zhi Li , Wenhui Zhou , Xin Yuan , Weiwei Cai , Dongdong Teng , Qiang Song , Huigao Duan

The fast algorithms in Fourier optics have invigorated multifunctional device design and advanced imaging technologies. However, the necessity for fast computations has led to limitations in the widely used conventional Fourier methods,…

Applied Physics · Physics 2024-06-25 Zhi Li , Xuhao Luo , Jing Wang , Xin Yuan , Dongdong Teng , Qiang Song , Huigao Duan

This work theoretically investigates wide-spectrum and high-resolution diffraction optical elements (DOE) that are made of stacks of low-resolution binary phase gratings, whereby the two-dimensional grids in different grating layers are…

Optics · Physics 2021-06-08 I-Lin Ho , Wang-Yang Li

Diffractive optical elements (DOEs) are widely applied as compact solutions for desired light manipulations via wavefront shaping. Recent advanced chip applications further require their feature sizes to move down to the subwavelength,…

Optics · Physics 2021-11-01 I-Lin Ho

As the realm of spectral imaging applications extends its reach into the domains of mobile technology and augmented reality, the demands for compact yet high-fidelity systems become increasingly pronounced. Conventional methodologies,…

Flexible hybrid electronics (FHE) is an emerging technology enabled through the integration of advanced semiconductor devices and 3D printing technology. It unlocks tremendous market potential by realizing low-cost flexible circuits and…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-02-27 Hong Tang , Yingjie Zhang , Bowen Zheng , Sensong An , Mohammad Haerinia , Yunxi Dong , Yi Huang , Wei Guo , Hualiang Zhang

High-fidelity electron microscopy simulations required for quantitative crystal structure refinements face a fundamental challenge: while physical interactions are well-described theoretically, real-world experimental effects are…

Modern design of complex optical systems relies heavily on computational tools. These typically utilize geometrical optics as well as Fourier optics, which enables the use of diffractive elements to manipulate light with features on the…

Optics · Physics 2022-07-27 Boris Ferdman , Alon Saguy , Onit Alalouf , Yoav Shechtman

We introduce a diffusion-transformer (DiT) framework for single-image reflection removal that leverages the generalization strengths of foundation diffusion models in the restoration setting. Rather than relying on task-specific…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-12-05 Daniyar Zakarin , Thiemo Wandel , Anton Obukhov , Dengxin Dai

Diffractive optical neural networks (DONNs) have been emerging as a high-throughput and energy-efficient hardware platform to perform all-optical machine learning (ML) in machine vision systems. However, the current demonstrated…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-02-23 Ruiyang Chen , Yingheng Tang , Jianzhu Ma , Weilu Gao

In extreme scenarios such as nighttime or low-visibility environments, achieving reliable perception is critical for applications like autonomous driving, robotics, and surveillance. Multi-modality image fusion, particularly integrating…

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We consider the challenging problem of predicting intrinsic object properties from a single image by exploiting differentiable renderers. Many previous learning-based approaches for inverse graphics adopt rasterization-based renderers and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-11-02 Wenzheng Chen , Joey Litalien , Jun Gao , Zian Wang , Clement Fuji Tsang , Sameh Khamis , Or Litany , Sanja Fidler

Control of light through a microscope objective with a high numerical aperture is a common requirement in applications such as optogenetics, adaptive optics, or laser processing. Light propagation, including polarization effects, can be…

Optics · Physics 2023-03-22 Ivan Vishniakou , Johannes D. Seelig

The need for optically multi-functional micro- and nano-structures is growing in various fields. Designing such structures is impeded by the lack of computationally low-cost algorithms. In this study, we present a hybrid design scheme,…

Optics · Physics 2022-01-19 Alim Yolalmaz , Emre Yüce

Coherent diffractive imaging (CDI) provides new opportunities for high resolution X-ray imaging with simultaneous amplitude and phase contrast. Extensions to CDI broaden the scope of the technique for use in a wide variety of experimental…

Optics · Physics 2016-01-20 Matthew H. Seaberg , Alexandre d'Aspremont , Joshua J. Turner

Coherent Diffractive Imaging is a lensless technique that allows imaging of matter at a spatial resolution not limited by lens aberrations. This technique exploits the measured diffraction pattern of a coherent beam scattered by periodic…

Computational Physics · Physics 2025-08-27 Alessandro Colombo , Davide Emilio Galli , Liberato De Caro , Francesco Scattarella , Elvio Carlino

Current deep learning approaches in computer vision primarily focus on RGB data sacrificing information. In contrast, RAW images offer richer representation, which is crucial for precise recognition, particularly in challenging conditions…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-11-21 Christoph Reinders , Radu Berdan , Beril Besbinar , Junji Otsuka , Daisuke Iso

Optical machine learning offers advantages in terms of power efficiency, scalability and computation speed. Recently, an optical machine learning method based on Diffractive Deep Neural Networks (D2NNs) has been introduced to execute a…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2019-06-11 Deniz Mengu , Yi Luo , Yair Rivenson , Aydogan Ozcan

$\textbf{Fluidic Telescopes}$ | We present a conceptual framework for optically designing space-assembled telescopes whose primary mirror is formed $\textit{in situ}$ via the enabling, scale-invariant technology of fluidic shaping. In-space…