Strategies for reducing speckle noise in digital holography

V Bianco, P Memmolo, M Leo, S Montresor… - Light: Science & …, 2018 - nature.com
Digital holography (DH) has emerged as one of the most effective coherent imaging
technologies. The technological developments of digital sensors and optical elements have …

[HTML][HTML] Lasing from micro-and nano-scale photonic disordered structures for biomedical applications

R Gayathri, CS Suchand Sandeep, C Vijayan… - Nanomaterials, 2023 - mdpi.com
A disordered photonic medium is one in which scatterers are distributed randomly. Light
entering such media experiences multiple scattering events, resulting in a “random walk” …

Spin-preserving chiral photonic crystal mirror

B Semnani, J Flannery, R Al Maruf… - Light: Science & …, 2020 - nature.com
Chirality refers to a geometric phenomenon in which objects are not superimposable on
their mirror image. Structures made of nanoscale chiral elements can exhibit chiroptical …

[HTML][HTML] Mid-infrared dual-comb spectroscopy with quantum cascade lasers

J Hayden, M Geiser, M Gianella, R Horvath, A Hugi… - APL Photonics, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Since its invention in 1994, the quantum cascade laser (QCL) has emerged as a versatile
light source of wavelength 4–12 µm, covering most of the mid-and long-wavelength infrared …

Conversionless efficient and broadband laser light diffusers for high brightness illumination applications

F Schütt, M Zapf, S Signetti, J Strobel, H Krüger… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Laser diodes are efficient light sources. However, state-of-the-art laser diode-based lighting
systems rely on light-converting inorganic phosphor materials, which strongly limit the …

Zwitterion-doped liquid crystal speckle reducers for immersive displays and vectorial imaging

Y **, NP Spiller, C He, G Faulkner, MJ Booth… - Light: Science & …, 2023 - nature.com
Lasers possess many attractive features (eg, high brightness, narrow linewidth, well-defined
polarization) that make them the ideal illumination source for many different scientific and …

Demonstration of speckle resistance using space–time light sheets

M Diouf, Z Lin, M Harling, KC Toussaint Jr - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
The capacity of self-healing fields to reconstruct after passing through scattering media may
prove useful in reducing speckle formation. Here, we study the speckle response of the …

Incoherent optoelectronic differentiation based on optimized multilayer films

X Zhang, B Bai, HB Sun, G **… - Laser & Photonics …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Fourier‐based optical computing operations, such as spatial differentiation, have recently
been realized in compact form factors using flat optics. Experimental demonstrations …

[HTML][HTML] 3D printed water-soluble scaffolds for rapid production of PDMS micro-fluidic flow chambers

T Dahlberg, T Stangner, H Zhang, K Wiklund… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
We report a novel method for fabrication of three-dimensional (3D) biocompatible micro-
fluidic flow chambers in polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) by 3D-printing water-soluble polyvinyl …

2D mid-infrared laser-absorption imaging for tomographic reconstruction of temperature and carbon monoxide in laminar flames

RJ Tancin, RM Spearrin, CS Goldenstein - Optics Express, 2019 - opg.optica.org
This manuscript presents the design and initial application of a mid-infrared laser-absorption-
imaging (LAI) technique for two-dimensional (2D) measurements and tomographic …