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most citedRapid Sensing of Hidden Objects and Defects using a Single-Pixel Diffractive Terahertz Processor

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physics.optics2025

Snapshot 3D image projection using a diffractive decoder

Cagatay Isil, Alexander Chen, Yuhang Li +4

3D image display is essential for next-generation volumetric imaging; however, dense depth multiplexing for 3D image projection remains challenging because diffraction-induced cros…

physics.optics2025★ 2 cited

Structured Light at the Extreme: Harnessing Spatiotemporal Control for High-Field Laser-Matter Interactions

Sergio Carbajo, Seung-Whan Bahk, Justin Baker +19

This review charts the emerging paradigm of intelligent structured light for high-field laser-matter interactions, where the precise spatiotemporal and vectorial control of light i…

physics.optics2025

Detection and imaging of chemicals and hidden explosives using terahertz time-domain spectroscopy and deep learning

Xinghe Jiang, Yuhang Li, Yuzhu Li +3

Detecting concealed chemicals and explosives remains a critical challenge in global security. Terahertz time-domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) offers a promising non-invasive and stand…

physics.optics2025★ 8 cited

Massively parallel and universal approximation of nonlinear functions using diffractive processors

Md Sadman Sakib Rahman, Yuhang Li, Xilin Yang +2

Nonlinear computation is essential for a wide range of information processing tasks, yet implementing nonlinear functions using optical systems remains a challenge due to the weak…

physics.optics2025★ 1 cited

Snapshot multi-spectral imaging through defocusing and a Fourier imager network

Xilin Yang, Michael John Fanous, Hanlong Chen +6

Multi-spectral imaging, which simultaneously captures the spatial and spectral information of a scene, is widely used across diverse fields, including remote sensing, biomedical im…

physics.optics2024★ 2 cited

Unidirectional focusing of light using structured diffractive surfaces

Yuhang Li, Tianyi Gan, Jingxi Li +2

Unidirectional optical systems enable selective control of light through asymmetric processing of radiation, effectively transmitting light in one direction while blocking unwanted…

physics.optics2024

Lying mirror using structured surfaces

Yuhang Li, Shiqi Chen, Bijie Bai +1

We introduce an all-optical system, termed the "lying mirror", to hide input information by transforming it into misleading, ordinary-looking patterns that effectively camouflage t…

physics.optics2024★ 7 cited

Unidirectional imaging with partially coherent light

Guangdong Ma, Che-Yung Shen, Jingxi Li +8

Unidirectional imagers form images of input objects only in one direction, e.g., from field-of-view (FOV) A to FOV B, while blocking the image formation in the reverse direction, f…

physics.optics2024★ 5 cited

Optimizing Structured Surfaces for Diffractive Waveguides

Yuntian Wang, Yuhang Li, Tianyi Gan +3

Waveguide design is crucial in developing efficient light delivery systems, requiring meticulous material selection, precise manufacturing, and rigorous performance optimization, i…

physics.optics2024★ 57 cited

Multiplane Quantitative Phase Imaging Using a Wavelength-Multiplexed Diffractive Optical Processor

Che-Yung Shen, Jingxi Li, Tianyi Gan +4

Quantitative phase imaging (QPI) is a label-free technique that provides optical path length information for transparent specimens, finding utility in biology, materials science, a…

physics.optics2024★ 19 cited

Multiplexed all-optical permutation operations using a reconfigurable diffractive optical network

Guangdong Ma, Xilin Yang, Bijie Bai +8

Large-scale and high-dimensional permutation operations are important for various applications in e.g., telecommunications and encryption. Here, we demonstrate the use of all-optic…

physics.optics2024★ 48 cited

All-optical complex field imaging using diffractive processors

Jingxi Li, Yuhang Li, Tianyi Gan +3

Complex field imaging, which captures both the amplitude and phase information of input optical fields or objects, can offer rich structural insights into samples, such as their ab…

physics.optics2024★ 33 cited

Subwavelength Imaging using a Solid-Immersion Diffractive Optical Processor

Jingtian Hu, Kun Liao, Niyazi Ulas Dinc +14

Phase imaging is widely used in biomedical imaging, sensing, and material characterization, among other fields. However, direct imaging of phase objects with subwavelength resoluti…

physics.optics2024★ 38 cited

Information hiding cameras: optical concealment of object information into ordinary images

Bijie Bai, Ryan Lee, Yuhang Li +4

Data protection methods like cryptography, despite being effective, inadvertently signal the presence of secret communication, thereby drawing undue attention. Here, we introduce a…

physics.optics2023★ 21 cited

All-Optical Phase Conjugation Using Diffractive Wavefront Processing

Che-Yung Shen, Jingxi Li, Tianyi Gan +2

Optical phase conjugation (OPC) is a nonlinear technique used for counteracting wavefront distortions, with various applications ranging from imaging to beam focusing. Here, we pre…

physics.optics2023★ 24 cited

Broadband nonlinear modulation of incoherent light using a transparent optoelectronic neuron array

Dehui Zhang, Dong Xu, Yuhang Li +14

Nonlinear optical processing of ambient natural light is highly desired in computational imaging and sensing applications. A strong optical nonlinear response that can work under w…

physics.optics2023★ 41 cited

Universal Polarization Transformations: Spatial programming of polarization scattering matrices using a deep learning-designed diffractive polarization transformer

Yuhang Li, Jingxi Li, Yifan Zhao +4

We demonstrate universal polarization transformers based on an engineered diffractive volume, which can synthesize a large set of arbitrarily-selected, complex-valued polarization…

physics.optics2023★ 20 cited

Optical information transfer through random unknown diffusers using electronic encoding and diffractive decoding

Yuhang Li, Tianyi Gan, Bijie Bai +3

Free-space optical information transfer through diffusive media is critical in many applications, such as biomedical devices and optical communication, but remains challenging due…

physics.optics2023★ 73 cited

Rapid Sensing of Hidden Objects and Defects using a Single-Pixel Diffractive Terahertz Processor

Jingxi Li, Xurong Li, Nezih T. Yardimci +6

Terahertz waves offer numerous advantages for the nondestructive detection of hidden objects/defects in materials, as they can penetrate through most optically-opaque materials. Ho…

physics.optics2023★ 37 cited

Quantitative phase imaging (QPI) through random diffusers using a diffractive optical network

Yuhang Li, Yi Luo, Deniz Mengu +2

Quantitative phase imaging (QPI) is a label-free computational imaging technique used in various fields, including biology and medical research. Modern QPI systems typically rely o…

physics.optics2022★ 70 cited

All-optical image classification through unknown random diffusers using a single-pixel diffractive network

Yi Luo, Bijie Bai, Yuhang Li +2

Classification of an object behind a random and unknown scattering medium sets a challenging task for computational imaging and machine vision fields. Recent deep learning-based ap…