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We propose a single-shot quantitative differential phase contrast (DPC) method with polarization multiplexing illumination. In the illumination module of our system, the programmable LED array is divided into four quadrants and covered with…

Optics · Physics 2023-07-19 Siying Liu , Chuanjian Zheng , Qun Hao , Xin Li , Shaohui Zhang

We introduce a generalized version of phase retrieval called multiplexed phase retrieval. We want to recover the phase of amplitude-only measurements from linear combinations of them. This corresponds to the case in which multiple…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-07-02 Jonathan Dong , Florent Krzakala , Sylvain Gigan

Programmable photonic integrated circuits represent an emerging technology that amalgamates photonics and electronics, paving the way for light-based information processing at high speeds and low power consumption. Programmable photonics…

Optics · Physics 2025-02-25 Kevin Zelaya , Matthew Markowitz , Mohammad-Ali Miri

We introduce multilayer structures based on phase-change materials for reconfigurable structural color generation. These structures can produce multiple distinct colors within a single pixel. Specifically, we design structures that generate…

Phase is a fundamental resource for optical imaging but cannot be directly observed with intensity measurements. The existing methods to quantify a phase distribution rely on complex devices and structures. Here we experimentally…

Optics · Physics 2020-03-25 Tengfeng Zhu , Junyi Huang , Zhichao Ruan

The optical properties of phase-change materials (PCM) can be tuned to multiple levels by controlling the transition between their amorphous and crystalline phases. In multi-material PCM structures, the number of discrete reflectance levels…

Optics · Physics 2023-08-09 Simon Wredh , Yunzheng Wang , Joel K. W. Yang , Robert E. Simpson

Reconfigurable quantum circuits are fundamental building blocks for the implementation of scalable quantum technologies. Their implementation has been pursued in linear optics through the engineering of sophisticated interferometers. While…

Laser-based manufacturing has emerged as a promising alternative to conventional thermal and mechanical processing owing to its precision, versatility, and ability to work across diverse materials. In particular, tailoring the spatial…

Photonic neural networks capable of rapid programming are indispensable to realize many functionalities. Phase change technology can provide nonvolatile programmability in photonic neural networks. Integrating direct laser writing technique…

Optics · Physics 2025-10-17 Sanaz Zarei

We present a broadband and polarization-insensitive unidirectional imager that operates at the visible part of the spectrum, where image formation occurs in one direction while in the opposite direction, it is blocked. This approach is…

We theoretically describe the optical computation of the divergence of a two-dimensional vector field, which is composed by the transverse electric field components of an incident light beam. The divergence is computed in reflection at…

Reprogrammable linear optical circuits are essential elements of photonic quantum technology implementations. Integrated optics provides a natural platform for tunable photonic circuits, but faces challenges when high dimensions and high…

Image reconstruction under multiple light scattering is crucial in a number of applications such as diffraction tomography. The reconstruction problem is often formulated as a nonconvex optimization, where a nonlinear measurement model is…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-07-04 Yu Sun , Zhihao Xia , Ulugbek S. Kamilov

Optical encryption inherently provides strong security advantages, with hybrid optoelectronic systems offering additional degrees of freedom by integrating optical and algorithmic domains. However, existing optical encryption schemes…

Photonic quantum computing offers a promising platform for quantum information processing, benefiting from the long coherence times of photons and their ease of manipulation. This paper presents a scheme for implementing a deterministic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-22 Evangelos Varvelis , Joachim Ankerhold

Neutral atom arrays provide a versatile platform for quantum information processing. However, in large-scale arrays, efficient photon collection remains a bottleneck for key tasks such as fast, non-destructive qubit readout and remote…

Edge intelligence is constrained by the energy and latency costs of shuttling data through electronic memory hierarchies. Optical systems offer a fundamentally different computational regime: once an input wavefront is launched into a…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2026-04-20 Prakul Sunil Hiremath

Photonic neural networks (PNNs) of sufficiently large physical dimensions and high operation accuracies are envisaged as an ideal candidate for breaking the major bottlenecks in the current artificial intelligence architectures in terms of…

Optics · Physics 2025-07-30 Ruixue Liu , Rongbo Wu , Yong Zheng , Yuan Ren , Boyang Nan , Min Wang , Yunpeng Song , Ya Cheng

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

High-quality flat optical elements require efficient light deflection to large angles and over a wide wavelength spectrum. Although phase gradient metasurfaces achieve this by continuously adding phase shifts in the range of 0 to 2{\pi} to…

Optics · Physics 2018-10-26 Claudio U. Hail , Dimos Poulikakos , Hadi Eghlidi