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most citedOptical phased array neural probes for beam-steering in brain tissue

53 citations · 112 across the 5 of their papers we have counts for

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physics.optics2024

Implantable silicon neural probes with nanophotonic phased arrays for single-lobe beam steering

Fu-Der Chen, Ankita Sharma, Tianyuan Xue +12

In brain activity mapping experiments using optogenetics, patterned illumination is crucial for deterministic and localized stimulation of neurons. However, due to optical scatteri…

physics.optics2024★ 10 cited

Implantable Photonic Neural Probes with Out-of-Plane Focusing Grating Emitters

Tianyuan Xue, Andrei Stalmashonak, Fu-Der Chen +6

We have designed, fabricated, and characterized implantable silicon neural probes with nanophotonic grating emitters that focus the emitted light at a specified distance above the…

physics.optics2023★ 18 cited

Implantable Photonic Neural Probes with 3D-Printed Microfluidics and Applications to Uncaging

Xin Mu, Fu-Der Chen, Ka My Dang +10

Advances in chip-scale photonic-electronic integration are enabling a new generation of foundry-manufacturable implantable silicon neural probes incorporating nanophotonic waveguid…

physics.optics2022★ 31 cited

Microcantilever-integrated photonic circuits for broadband laser beam scanning

Saeed Sharif Azadeh, Jason C. C. Mak, Hong Chen +11

Laser beam scanning is central to many applications, including displays, microscopy, three-dimensional mapping, and quantum information. Reducing the scanners to microchip form fac…

physics.optics2021★ 53 cited

Optical phased array neural probes for beam-steering in brain tissue

Wesley D. Sacher, Fu-Der Chen, Homeira Moradi-Chameh +13

Implantable silicon neural probes with integrated nanophotonic waveguides can deliver patterned dynamic illumination into brain tissue at depth. Here, we introduce neural probes wi…