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Optical interferometry has been a long-standing setup for characterization of quantum states of light. Both the linear and the nonlinear interferences can provide information about the light statistics an underlying detail of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-03-04 Konstantin E. Dorfman , Shahaf Asban , Bing Gu , Shaul Mukamel

A resolution enhancement technique for optical coherence tomography (OCT), based on Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs), was developed and investigated. GANs have been previously used for resolution enhancement of photography and optical…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-01-19 Kaicheng Liang , Xinyu Liu , Si Chen , Jun Xie , Wei Qing Lee , Linbo Liu , Hwee Kuan Lee

Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) has become an indispensable tool for investigating mesoscopic features in soft matter and fluid mechanics. Its ability to provide high-resolution, non-invasive measurements in both spatial and temporal…

The random laser action with coherent feedback by second-harmonic generation (SHG) was experimentally demonstrated in this paper. Compared with the conventional random laser action based on photoluminescence effect, which needs strong…

Optics · Physics 2016-11-24 Yanqi Qiao , Yuanlin Zheng , Zengyan Cai , Xianfeng Chen

Non-line-of-sight (NLOS) imaging relies on collecting light that is rendered incoherent from the multiple scattering events and is then post-processed to provide an estimate of the hidden scene. Here we employ coherent phase control of the…

Optics · Physics 2019-12-25 Ilya Starshynov , Omair Ghafur , James Fitches , Daniele Faccio

Nonlinear optics, and particularly second harmonic generation (SHG), is increasingly used in many modern disciplines from material characterization in physical sciences to bio-imaging in medicine and optical signal processing in information…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-03-17 G. van der Laan , S. W. Lovesey

Spatial resolution in optical microscopy has traditionally been treated as a fixed parameter of the optical system. Here, we present an approach to enhance transverse resolution in beam-scanned optical coherence tomography (OCT) beyond its…

Optics · Physics 2021-10-22 Nichaluk Leartprapun , Steven G. Adie

The sensitivity of classical Raman spectroscopy methods, such as Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy (CARS) or Stimulated Raman spectroscopy (SRS), is ultimately limited by shot-noise from the stimulating fields. We present the complete…

Optics · Physics 2021-10-22 Yoad Michael , Leon Bello , Michael Rosenbluh , Avi Pe'er

We investigate the effect of phase modulation of laser beams on the coherent and incoherent non-linear signals arising from the interaction of femtosecond pulses with matter. We observe that two collinear beams, whose phases are modulated…

Optics · Physics 2015-05-29 Khadga Jung Karki , Loni Kringle , Andrew H. Marcus , Tõnu Pullerits

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) captures cross-sectional data and is used for the screening, monitoring, and treatment planning of retinal diseases. Technological developments to increase the speed of acquisition often results in systems…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-01-03 Timothy T. Yu , Da Ma , Jayden Cole , Myeong Jin Ju , Mirza F. Beg , Marinko V. Sarunic

This work compares two tomographic imaging technologies, time-domain full-field optical coherence tomography (FFOCT) working in reflection and optical transmission tomography (OTT), using a new optical setup that combines both. We show…

Interferometric-based microscopies stand as powerful label-free approaches for monitoring and characterising chemical reactions and heterogeneous nanoparticle systems in real time with single particle sensitivity. Nevertheless, coherent…

To add the detailed information to the existed knowledge of nonlinear optics field, the nonlinear optical processes of the second and third order have been discussed in their respective susceptibility tensors in the presence of degenerate…

Optics · Physics 2018-01-29 A Srinivasa Rao

We propose a high-precision phase estimation scheme in a hybrid interferometer by synergistically combining a Kerr nonlinear phase shifter and multi-photon subtraction operations. Using a coherent state and a vacuum state as input…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-21 Lifen Guo , Qingqian Kang , Zekun Zhao , Jifeng Sun , Teng Zhao , Cunjin Liu , Xin Su , Liyun Hu

We demonstrate experimentally quantum-inspired, spectral-domain intensity optical coherence tomography. We show that the technique allows for both axial resolution improvement and dispersion cancellation compared to conventional optical…

Optics · Physics 2015-03-16 Piotr Ryczkowski , Jari Turunen , Ari T. Friberg , Goëry Genty

Multiphoton absorption is of vital importance in many spectroscopic, microscopic or lithographic applications. However, given that it is an inherently weak process, the detection of multiphoton absorption signals typically requires large…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-05-31 Shahram Panahiyan , Carlos Sánchez Muñoz , Maria V. Chekhova , Frank Schlawin

We demonstrate a simple and scalable approach to increase conversion efficiencies of nonlinear metasurfaces by incorporating them into multipass cells and by letting the pump beam to interact with the metasurfaces multiple times. We…

Broadband coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) spectroscopy plays a vital role in chemical sensing and label-free vibrational imaging, yet conventional methods suffer from limited acquisition speeds and complex detection schemes.…

Optics · Physics 2025-07-23 Jing Hu , Tianjian Lv , Zhaoyang Wen , Wending Huang , Ming Yan , Heping Zeng

Hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) supports a wide range of two-dimensional (2D) technologies, yet assessing its crystalline quality over large areas remains a fundamental challenge. Both antiparallel domains, an intrinsic outcome of epitaxy on…

While optical coherence tomography (OCT) provides a resolution down to 1 micrometer it has difficulties to visualize cellular structures due to a lack of scattering contrast. By evaluating signal fluctuations, a significant contrast…