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Spectral imaging in the mid-infrared (MIR) range provides simultaneous morphological and chemical information of a wide variety of samples. However, current MIR technologies struggle to produce high-definition images over a broad spectral…

Multispectral mid-infrared (2-5 ${{\mu}m}$) imaging is a critical capability across science and technology, offering a window into the vibrational and thermal landscape of matter that is inaccessible to visible sensors. It bridges the…

Optics · Physics 2026-01-29 Daniel Beitner , Ziv Abelson , Eyal Hollander , Omri Meron , Haim Suchowski

The emerging technique of mid-infrared optical coherence tomography (MIR-OCT) takes advantage of the reduced scattering of MIR light in various materials and devices, enabling tomographic imaging at deeper penetration depths. Because of…

Frequency up-conversion is an effective method of mid-infrared (MIR) detection by converting the long-wavelength photons to the visible domain, where efficient detectors are readily available. Here, we generate the MIR light carrying…

Ovarian cancer detection has traditionally relied on a multi-step process that includes biopsy, tissue staining, and morphological analysis by experienced pathologists. While widely practiced, this conventional approach suffers from several…

Mid-infrared (mid-IR) spectroscopy is a crucial workhorse for a plethora of analytical applications and is suitable for diverse materials, including gases, polymers or biological tissue. However, this technologically significant wavelength…

Optics · Physics 2022-02-23 Paul Kaufmann , Helen M. Chrzanowski , Aron Vanselow , Sven Ramelow

We present a system for molecular spectroscopy using a broadband mid-infrared laser with near infrared detection. Difference frequency generation of a Yb:fiber femtosecond laser produced a mid-infrared (MIR) source tunable from 2100-3700…

Optics · Physics 2015-05-30 Todd A. Johnson , Scott A. Diddams

Chemical imaging based on mid-infrared (MIR) spectroscopic contrast is an important technique with a myriad of applications, including biomedical imaging and environmental monitoring. Current MIR cameras, however, lack in performance and…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-07-06 David Knez , Adam M. Hanninen , Richard C. Prince , Eric O. Potma , Dmitry A. Fishman

Mid-infrared (MIR) spectroscopy is a powerful technique employed for a variety of applications, including gas sensing, industrial inspection, astronomy, surveillance, and imaging. Thin-film narrowband interference filters, targeted to…

The capture of transient optical waveforms is critical to reveal dynamical phenomena in various fields. However, fast and sensitive mid-infrared (MIR) measurements are typically limited by processing bandwidth and detection sensitivity of…

Optics · Physics 2026-05-26 Wen Zhang , Kun Huang , Xu Wang , Ben Sun , Jianan Fang , Yijing Li , Heping Zeng

We develop a device model for pixelless converters of far/mid-infrared radiation (FIR/MIR) images into near-infrared/visible (NIR/VIR) images. These converters use polycrystalline graphene layers (PGLs) immersed in the van der Waals (vdW)…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-02-14 V. Ryzhii , M. S. Shur , M. Ryzhii , V. E. Karasik , T. Otsuj

Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) is an indispensable analytical method that allows label-free identification of substances via fundamental molecular vibrations. However, the sensitivity of FTIR is often limited by the low…

Sensing with undetected photons has become a vibrant, application-driven research domain with a special focus on the mid-infrared (mid-IR) wavelength region. Since the mid-IR contains spectral bands with highly specific and strong molecular…

Infrared imaging is a crucial technique in a multitude of applications, including night vision, autonomous vehicles navigation, optical tomography, and food quality control. Conventional infrared imaging technologies, however, require the…

Mid-infrared spectroscopy probes molecular vibrations to identify chemical species and functional groups. Therefore, mid-infrared hyperspectral imaging is one of the most powerful and promising candidates for chemical imaging using optical…

Optics · Physics 2023-07-06 Yue Zhao , Shota Kusama , Yuji Furutani , Wei-Hong Huang , Chih-Wei Luo , Takao Fuji

The mid-infrared (MIR) spectral range is of immense use for civilian and military applications. The large number of vibrational absorption bands in this range can be used for gas sensing, process control and spectroscopy. In addition, there…

Infrared imaging is indispensable for its ability to penetrate obscurants and visualize thermal signatures, yet its practical use is hindered by the intrinsic limitations of conventional detectors. Nonlinear upconversion, which converts…

Lensless digital holographic microscopy (LDHM) relies on interference between an unscattered reference wave and a weakly scattered object wave - an assumption that rapidly fails in turbid samples under multiple scattering. To overcome this…

Detecting mid-infrared (MIR) radiation has significant astronomical applications, although limited by unsatisfactory MIR detectors. Here we reported on the realization of a MIR up-conversion interferometer based on synthetic long base-line…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-09-16 Zhao-Qi-Zhi Han , Zheng Ge , Wen-Tao Luo , Yi-Fu Cai , Xiao-Hua Wang , Li Chen , Wu-Zhen Li , Zhi-Yuan Zhou , Bao-Sen Shi

Conventional infrared (IR) imaging techniques depend on IR cameras based on narrow-bandgap semiconductors, which offer limited spectral bandwidth, coupled with a separate lens. Recently, advances in nonlinear flat optics have opened a novel…