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most citedTopologically controlled multiskyrmions in photonic gradient-index lenses

71 citations · 99 across the 20 of their papers we have counts for

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21 papers

physics.optics2026

Defects encode high-dimensional topological information

Yunqi Zhang, Fengjun Li, Runchen Zhang +13

In polarization fields, Stokes skyrmions are continuous vectorial textures that encode integer-valued topological invariants across real space, enabling robust optical information…

physics.optics2026

Integrated photonic computing: towards high-dimensional information processing

Ji Qin, Zhi-Kai Pong, Xuke Qiu +14

The rapid growth of artificial intelligence, coupled with the slowing of Moore's law, is straining computing infrastructure, as CMOS electronics face inherent limits in bandwidth,…

cs.CV2026

GloPath: An Entity-Centric Foundation Model for Glomerular Lesion Assessment and Clinicopathological Insights

Qiming He, Jing Li, Tian Guan +26

Glomerular pathology is central to the diagnosis and prognosis of renal diseases, yet the heterogeneity of glomerular morphology and fine-grained lesion patterns remain challenging…

physics.optics2026

Topologically robust programmable logic arrays using light and matter skyrmions

Ruofu Liu, An Aloysius Wang, Yunqi Zhang +9

Photonic computing offers a low-power, high-bandwidth paradigm for information processing; however, the analogue nature of conventional architectures means that intrinsic noise and…

physics.optics2026★ 1 cited

Resolving topological obstructions to vectorial structured field control

An Aloysius Wang, Yuxi Cai, Yifei Ma +2

The use of structured matter, such as optical retarders, for vectorial control is a well-established and widely employed technique in modern optics, and has driven continued advanc…

physics.optics2026

General in situ feedback control of cascaded liquid crystal spatial light modulators for structured field generation

An Aloysius Wang, Yuxi Cai, Zhenglin Li +4

Cascaded liquid crystal spatial light modulators provide a versatile strategy for the generation of structured light and matter fields, with applications including optical communic…

physics.optics2025★ 1 cited

Multiplexed vector beam conversion via complex structured matter

Runchen Zhang, Tade Marozsak, An Aloysius Wang +9

Structured light, in which the amplitude, phase, and polarization of an optical field are deliberately tailored in space and time, has enabled unprecedented control over optical fi…

physics.optics2025

Full vectorial field sensing using liquid crystal droplet arrays

Xuke Qiu, Jinge Guo, Jiahe Cui +8

Determining the amplitude, phase, and polarization profile of light is essential for both fundamental scientific discovery and applications spanning optical metrology, microscopy,…

physics.optics2025★ 1 cited

Skyrmions based on optical anisotropy for topological encoding

Yunqi Zhang, An Aloysius Wang, Runchen Zhang +6

The observation of skyrmions across diverse physical domains suggests that they are universal features of S-valued fields, reflecting the ubiquity of topology in the study of…

physics.optics2025

Inkjet Printed Liquid Crystal Droplet for Complex Beam Manipulation

Mengmeng Li, Chao He, Steve J. Elston +6

The inkjet-fabricated liquid crystal (LC) droplet device not only capitalizes on the intrinsic birefringence properties of liquid crystals but also leverages the hemispherical shap…

physics.optics2025

Complex structured light generation using printed liquid crystal droplets

Xuke Qiu, Runchen Zhang, Yifei Ma +10

Inkjet-printed liquid crystal (LC) droplets exhibit an intricate spatially-varying birefringence due to their complex internal director configuration. While such anisotropy is ofte…

physics.optics2025★ 1 cited

Physically Plausible Vectorial Metrics for Polarization Information Analysis

Runchen Zhang, Xuke Qiu, Yifei Ma +7

The Mueller Matrix Polar Decomposition method decomposes a Mueller matrix into a diattenuator, a retarder, and a depolarizer. Among these elements, the retarder, which plays a key…

physics.optics2025★ 2 cited

Optical Skyrmions in Waveguides

An Aloysius Wang, Yifei Ma, Yuxi Cai +3

Optical skyrmions are topologically non-trivial polarization fields which have recently attracted attention due to their potential use in high density data applications such as opt…

eess.IV2024

Unlocking adaptive digital pathology through dynamic feature learning

Jiawen Li, Tian Guan, Qingxin Xia +17

Foundation models have revolutionized the paradigm of digital pathology, as they leverage general-purpose features to emulate real-world pathological practices, enabling the quanti…

physics.optics2024★ 7 cited

Generalized Skyrmions

An Aloysius Wang, Zimo Zhao, Yifei Ma +10

Skyrmions are important topologically non-trivial fields characteristic of models spanning scales from the microscopic to the cosmological. However, the Skyrmion number can only be…

physics.optics2024★ 5 cited

Perturbation-resilient integer arithmetic using optical skyrmions

An Aloysius Wang, Yifei Ma, Yunqi Zhang +5

The decline of Moore's law coupled with the rise of artificial intelligence has recently motivated research into photonic computing as a high-bandwidth, low-power strategy to accel…

physics.optics2024

Intensity adaptive optics

Zimo Zhao, Yifei Ma, Zipei Song +12

Adaptive optics (AO) is a powerful tool employed across various research fields, from aerospace to microscopy. Traditionally, AO has focused on correcting optical phase aberrations…

physics.optics2024★ 3 cited

Topological Protection of Optical Skyrmions through Complex Media

An Aloysius Wang, Zimo Zhao, Yifei Ma +14

Optical Skyrmions have many important properties that make them ideal units for high-density data applications, including the ability to carry digital information through a discret…

physics.optics2023

Vectorial adaptive optics for advanced imaging systems

Yifei Ma, Zimo Zhao, Jiahe Cui +2

Vectorial adaptive optics (V-AO) is a cutting-edge technique extending conventional AO into the vectorial domain encompassing both polarization and phase feedback correction for op…

physics.optics2023★ 7 cited

A reconfigurable arbitrary retarder array as complex structured matter

Chao He, Binguo Chen, Zipei Song +31

Tuneable retarder arrays, such as spatially patterned liquid crystal devices, have given rise to impressive photonic functionality, fuelling diverse applications ranging from micro…

physics.optics2023★ 71 cited

Topologically controlled multiskyrmions in photonic gradient-index lenses

Yijie Shen, Chao He, Zipei Song +8

Skyrmions are topologically protected quasiparticles, originally studied in condensed-matter systems and recently in photonics, with great potential in ultra-high-capacity informat…