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Scattering-type scanning near-field optical microscopy (s-SNOM), and its derivate, Fourier transform infrared nanospectroscopy (nano-FTIR) are emerging techniques for infrared (IR) nanoimaging and spectroscopy with applications in diverse…

We propose an adaptive non-uniform sampling framework for bandlimited signals based on an algorithm-encoder co-design perspective. By revisiting the convergence analysis of iterative reconstruction algorithms for non-uniform measurements,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-23 Kaluguri Yashaswini , Anshu Arora , Satish Mulleti

We report a new lensless microscopy configuration by integrating the concepts of transverse translational ptychography and defocus multi-height phase retrieval. In this approach, we place a tilted image sensor under the specimen for…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-11-03 Shaowei Jiang , Chengfei Guo , Patrick Hu , Derek Hu , Pengming Song , Tianbo Wang , Zichao Bian , Zibang Zhang , Guoan Zheng

We consider the problem of recovering the superposition of $R$ distinct complex exponential functions from compressed non-uniform time-domain samples. Total Variation (TV) minimization or atomic norm minimization was proposed in the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-11-07 Weiyu Xu , Jirong Yi , Soura Dasgupta , Jian-Feng Cai , Mathews Jacob , Myung Cho

The miniaturization of semiconductor devices to the scales where small numbers of dopants can control device properties requires the development of new techniques capable of characterizing their dynamics. Investigating single dopants…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-06-28 Mohammad Rashidi , Wyatt Vine , Jacob A. J. Burgess , Marco Taucer , Roshan Achal , Jason L. Pitters , Sebastian Loth , Robert A. Wolkow

Photon number-resolving detectors (PNRDs) are the ultimate optical sensors. Superconducting-nanostrip photon detectors (SNSPDs), traditionally known as ON-OFF detectors, have recently been found to have photon number resolving capability…

Classical time-resolved optical spectroscopy experiments are performed using sequences of ultrashort light pulses, with photon fluxes incident on the sample which are many orders of magnitude higher than real-world conditions corresponding…

We propose a novel method for ultra-sensitive infrared (IR) vibrational spectroscopy of molecules with nanoscale footprints by combining the tip enhancement of the scattering-type scanning near-field optical microscope (s-SNOM) and the…

Optics · Physics 2023-01-27 Yilong Luan , Liam McDermott , Fengrui Hu , Zhe Fei

Time of flight cameras may emerge as the 3-D sensor of choice. Today, time of flight sensors use phase-based sampling, where the phase delay between emitted and received, high-frequency signals encodes distance. In this paper, we present a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2015-03-11 Achuta Kadambi , Vage Taamazyan , Suren Jayasuriya , Ramesh Raskar

The x-ray near-field speckle-scanning concept is an approach recently introduced to obtain absorption, phase, and dark-field images of a sample. In this paper, we present ways of recovering from a sample its ultrasmall-angle x-ray…

Optics · Physics 2015-07-24 Sebastien Berujon , Eric Ziegler

A new array signal reconstruction and signal-channel DOA estimation method based on TMLA by nonuniform period modulation are proposed. By using non-uniform period modulation, the harmonic component produced by different elements could be…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-03-31 Kebin Liu , Lening Zhang , Qingkui Zhan , Chong He

Due to quantum fluctuations, non-orthogonal quantum states cannot be distinguished with complete certainty, making their underlying physical parameters difficult to resolve. Traditionally, it has been believed that the linewidth of a system…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2025-07-01 Hao Wu , Grant D. Mitts , Clayton Z. C. Ho , Joshua A. Rabinowitz , Eric R. Hudson

We propose a space-time reduced-order model (ROM) for nonlinear dynamical systems, building upon previous work on linear systems. Whereas most ROMs are space-only in that they reduce only the spatial dimension of the state, the proposed…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-11-03 Peter Frame , Aaron Towne

The photo-kinetics of fluorescent molecules have enabled the circumvention of far-field optical diffraction-limit. Despite its enormous potential, the necessity to label the sample may adversely influence the delicate biology under…

This work presents new experimental results on low-temperature (LT) characterization of local rf properties of passive superconducting (SC) microwave devices using a novel Laser Scanning Microscope (LSM). In this technique, a modulated…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-11-18 A. P. Zhuravel , A. V. Ustinov , D. Abraimov , Steven M. Anlage

Scattering-type scanning near-field optical microscopy (s-SNOM) allows for nanoscale resolved Infrared (IR) and Terahertz (THz) imaging, and thus has manifold applications ranging from materials to biosciences. However, a quantitatively…

Terahertz time-domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) employs sub-picosecond pulses to probe dielectric properties of materials giving as a result a 3-dimensional hyperspectral data cube. The spatial resolution of THz images is primarily limited by…

Conventional sampling focuses on encoding and decoding bandlimited signals by recording signal amplitudes at known time points. Alternately, sampling can be approached using biologically-inspired schemes. Among these are integrate-and-fire…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-02-17 Karen Adam , Adam Scholefield , Martin Vetterli

Accessing the electric field of light with petahertz bandwidths in ambient air is a rapidly advancing frontier, essential for probing ultrafast dynamics driven by classical or quantum ultrashort pulses. Near-petahertz fieldoscopy has…

Direct measurements on the temporal envelope of quantum light are a challenging task and not many examples are known since most classical pulse characterisation methods do not work on the single photon level. Knowledge of both spectrum and…