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Classifying paint colour using acoustic data from laser ablation
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A simple model for entangled photon generation in resonant structures
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Development of an evaluation method for skin gloss: key skin color and optical properties for separation of preferred and unpreferred glossiness, and age-related changes to gloss level in Japanese women
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See Visualization 1 in Opt. Express 33(4), 6567-6580 (2025).
17 March 2025

Conformal holography with curved light sheets

See Visualization 1 in Opt. Express 33(4), 6567-6580 (2025).

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High-resolution long-distance depth imaging LiDAR with ultra-low timing jitter superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (Optica)
2
Liquid-crystal-based diffractive optical elements with high Pancharatnam-Berry phase accuracy for holographic displays fabricated using an optimized liquid crystal on silicon device (Appl. Opt.)
3
Head-mounted projector with a wide visual-field and three degrees of freedom in electro-holography (Appl. Opt.)
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Fast calculation method for CCGHs applicable to various planar computer-generated hologram computation methods (Appl. Opt.)
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Adaptive contrast enhancement and effect of non-linear exponential merit function on computer-generated holograms (Appl. Opt.)
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JOSA A
Adaptive Fresnel lens: basic theory
Summary by Stefan Bernet

A clever idea for a focus-variable lens is presented that works by rotating two optical components relative to each...

Photonics Research
Mode-multiplexed photonic integrated vector dot-product core from inverse design
Summary by Bicky Marquez

This article introduces an ultra‐compact photonic device that integrates the functionalities of a mode...

Applied Optics
Cryogenic focus measurement system for a wide-field infrared space telescope
Summary by Johann Toudert

How to test focus in the SPHEREx infrared space telescope. SPHEREx has been designed to map the entire sky in multiple...

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