Curriculum learning for ab initio deep learned refractive optics

X Yang, Q Fu, W Heidrich - Nature communications, 2024 - nature.com
Deep optical optimization has recently emerged as a new paradigm for designing
computational imaging systems using only the output image as the objective. However, it …

[HTML][HTML] Smartphones as a platform for molecular analysis: concepts, methods, devices and future potential

DV Baker, J Bernal-Escalante, C Traaseth, Y Wang… - Lab on a Chip, 2025 - pubs.rsc.org
Over the past 15 years, smartphones have had a transformative effect on everyday life.
These devices also have the potential to transform molecular analysis over the next 15 …

Revealing the preference for correcting separated aberrations in joint optic-image design

J Zhou, S Chen, Z Ren, W Zhang, J Yan, H Feng… - Optics and Lasers in …, 2024 - Elsevier
The joint design of the optical system and the downstream algorithm is a challenging and
promising task. Due to the demand for balancing the global optima of imaging systems and …

Computational Imaging for Machine Perception: Transferring Semantic Segmentation Beyond Aberrations

Q Jiang, H Shi, S Gao, J Zhang, K Yang… - IEEE Transactions …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Semantic scene understanding with Minimalist Optical Systems (MOS) in mobile and
wearable applications remains a challenge due to the corrupted imaging quality induced by …

[PDF][PDF] Curriculum learning for

X Yang, Q Fu, W Heidrich - Nature communications, 2024 - repository.kaust.edu.sa
Deep optical optimization has recently emerged as a new paradigm for designing
computational imaging systems using only the output image as the objective. However, it …

Off-axis reflective microscope objective with a centimeter scale field of view and micron resolution

M Wang, J Zhu - Optics Express, 2024 - opg.optica.org
Microscope objectives with wide field-of-view (FOV) and high resolution are urgently needed
for the frontier research in life sciences. However, traditional transmission microscope …

Vector Differential Interference Contrast Microscopy Based on a 3-in-1 Phase Mask through a Dynamic Diffractive Optical Element

S Gao, J **ong, AK Yetisen, F Salazar-Bloise… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Differential interference contrast (DIC) microscopy is highly desirable in label-free imaging
for transparent biological samples. It avoids potential photobleaching and phototoxicity from …

Differentiable design of a double-freeform lens with multi-level radial basis functions for extended source irradiance tailoring

H Tang, H Li, Z Feng, Y Luo, X Mao - Optica, 2024 - opg.optica.org
Freeform optics are key for generating prescribed illumination patterns from given sources,
which are crucial for solid-state lighting and machine vision illumination. There is an …

Baseline-free structured light 3D imaging using a metasurface double-helix dot projector

Z Shen, Y Ni, Y Yang - Nanophotonics, 2025 - degruyter.com
Structured light is a widely used 3D imaging method with a drawback that it typically requires
a long baseline length between the laser projector and the camera sensor, which hinders its …

Using adaptive genetic algorithm optimize to realize the extended depth-of-field wavefront coding mask for a large field-of-view microscopy system

Q Zhang, X **g, L Sun, X Wei, X Wan… - Optics and Lasers in …, 2025 - Elsevier
Wavefront coding technology (WFC) is a computational photography technique that
significantly extends a system's depth of field (DOF) while mitigating the impact of …