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Spin-dependent edge detection and imaging enabled by optical circularly polarised states
Jiale Chen, Zhao-xian Chen, Zi-xin Zhou, Yan-qing Lu, Jun-long Kou
Published Published online: 06 February 2025,  doi: 10.37188/lam.2025.008

In photonic crystal slab (PCS) structures, the bound states in the continuum (BICs) and circularly polarised states (dubbed C-points) are critical topological polarisation singularities in momentum space that have garnered significant attention owing to their novel topological and optical properties...

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Design of multipass cell with dense spot patterns and its performance in a light-induced thermoelastic spectroscopy-based methane sensor
Yufei Ma, Yahui Liu, Ying He, Shunda Qiao, Haiyue Sun
Published Published online: 17 January 2025,  doi: 10.37188/lam.2025.001

A multipass cell with a dense spot pattern was designed and it was used in a light-induced thermoelastic spectroscopy-based methane sensor to achieve a high sensitivity.

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Meta-device: advanced manufacturing
Borui Leng, Yao Zhang, Din Ping Tsai, Shumin Xiao
Published Published online: 07 March 2024,  doi: 10.37188/lam.2024.005

The advanced nanofabrication technologies ensure the realization of metasurfaces. This paper provides an overview of state-of-the-art metasurface fabrication technologies, including maskless lithography, masked lithography, and other nanofabrication techniques.

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A multi-photon (7 × 7)-focus 3D laser printer based on a 3D-printed diffractive optical element and a 3D-printed multi-lens array
Pascal Kiefer, Vincent Hahn, Sebastian Kalt, Qing Sun, Yolita M. Eggeler, et al.
Published Published online: 06 March 2024,  doi: 10.37188/lam.2024.003

We present a new setup for rapid multi-focus multi-photon 3D laser printing using a hybrid diffractive-refractive beam-splitting approach.

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Investigating a corrective online measurement method for the tool influence function in millimetre spot-sized ion beam figuring
Haixiang Hu, Meng Bian, Wa Tang, Peng Ji, Xuejun Zhang
Accepted Accepted article preview online20 June 2025,  doi: 10.37188/lam.2025.050
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This study presents the corrective online measurement method for the tool influence function, which is utilized in the millimeter spot-sized ion beam figuring for millimeter-scale error correction.

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Application of fluorescence lifetime imaging-integrated deep learning analysis for cancer research
Vibha, Vyasraj G Bhat, Gagan Raju, Yury V. Kistenev, Nirmal Mazumder
Accepted Accepted article preview online05 June 2025,  doi: 10.37188/lam.2025.049
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Fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM) has emerged as a transformative imaging technique in cancer research, offering quantitative insights into cellular metabolism, tumor microenvironments, and therapeutic responses. By measuring the fluore...

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Overview of advanced optical manufacturing techniques applied in regulating laser damage precursors in nonlinear functional KHxD2-xPO4 crystal
Jian Cheng, Guang Chen, Mingjun Chen, Linjie Zhao, Qiao Xu, Xiaodong Yuan, Zhichao Liu, Shengfei Wang, Wei Liao, Qi Liu, Wenyu Ding, Longxiang Li
Accepted Accepted article preview online30 May 2025,  doi: 10.37188/lam.2025.048
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Non-linear KHxD2-xPO4 crystal optics are crucial for inertial confinement fusion. We reviewed optical manufacturing techniques for removing laser damage precursors to obtain KHxD2-xPO4 crystal optics with high laser damage resistance.

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Volume manufacturing of thin-film lithium niobate modulators with bandwidth > 110 GHz based on 4-inch wafer with a quartz handle
Yang Liu, Zihan Zhou, Peiqi Zhou, Changqing Wang, Qiansheng Wang, Ye Liu, Dong Wang, Daigao Chen, Lei Wang, Xi Xiao
Accepted Accepted article preview online23 May 2025,  doi: 10.37188/lam.2025.047
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The continuous growth in data centre traffic, especially from artificial intelligence and machine learning workloads, is driving increased single carrier line rates. High-bandwidth electro-optic modulators are essential for supporting 400 Gbit/s per ...

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Reconfigurable Holographic Patterns for Optical Security Multiplexing Fabricated by 3D Spatially Modulated Femtosecond Pulses
Peng Yi, Zhipeng Wang, Lan Jiang, Xiaowei Li, Yang Liu, Taoyong Li, Andong Wang, Zhi Wang, Xiangyu Zhang, Ji Huang, Qunshuo Wei, Jiafang Li, Lingling Huang
Accepted Accepted article preview online20 May 2025,  doi: 10.37188/lam.2025.046
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Three-dimensional spatially shaped femtosecond lasers enable efficient fabrication of multilayer reusable patterned holograms in transparent materials with micron-scale precision.

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Large-area, high-resolution, flexible x-ray scintillator film based on a novel 0d hybrid cuprous halide
Dandan Li, Linghang Kong, Liping Feng, Jie Su, Xing Guo, Hui Peng, Xue Zhao, Hanyuan Ding, Xueyan Chen, Fei Zhang, Linyuan Lian, Zhifeng Shi, Pengfei Fu, Zhenhua Lin, Jingjing Chang
Accepted Accepted article preview online20 May 2025,  doi: 10.37188/lam.2025.044
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A zero-dimensional (MTP)2Cu4I6 was synthesized, exhibiting STE emission with 185 nm Stokes shift, achieving 43800 photons MeV-1 light yield, 37.6 nGyair s-1 detection limit, and flexible film X-ray imaging.


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Novel suppression strategy of mid-spatial-frequency errors in sub-aperture polishing: adaptive spacing-swing controllable spiral magnetorheological finishing (CSMRF) method
Bo Wang, Feng Shi, Ci Song, Ping Zhou, Xing Peng, Qing Gao, Shuo Qiao, Guipeng Tie, Wanli Zhang, Ye Tian, Dede Zhai, Qun Hao
Accepted Accepted article preview online20 May 2025,  doi: 10.37188/lam.2025.045
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Ultra-high-precision, computer-controlled sub-aperture polishing technology is crucial for achieving full-band, high-precision optical components. However, this convolution material-removal method introduces a significant number of mid-spatial freque...

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A tree-like data structure for sequential and multi-sequential ray tracing
Goran Bastian Baer, Jens Siepmann
Accepted Accepted article preview online15 May 2025,  doi: 10.37188/lam.2025.043
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In the area of computer-aided optical design most software packages rely on a surface list based data structure. For classical on-axis lenses – such as camera lenses - the list-based data structure is a suitable way for managing lens data. However, f...

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Enhancing the MA-free mixed halide perovskite efficiency and stability through bi-solvent engineering approach
Sofia A. Dzhouse-Ivanina, Atyom V. Novikov, Piotr Griscenco, Ilya N. Krupatin, Marina M. Tepliakova, Ilya E. Kuznetsov, Alexander V. Akkuratov, Sergey Yu. Luchkin, Olga R. Parfenova
Accepted Accepted article preview online28 April 2025,  doi: 10.37188/lam.2025.039
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Perovskite photovoltaics upholds the most prominent position in the field of tandem technology development. In this aspect, the creation of perovskite material with suitable bandgap (≥ 1.65 eV) is necessary. And in order to achieve the best device ch...

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Photonic control of thermal radiation for protective windows
Yunbin Ying, Jianbo Yu, Weidong Shen, Pintu Ghosh, Min Qiu, Qiang Li
Accepted Accepted article preview online16 April 2025,  doi: 10.37188/lam.2025.034
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We present a nanophotonic-engineered thermal protective window (NTPW) strategy that incorporates a visible-light transparent broadband directional thermal emitter and a low-emissivity coating into commercial polycarbonate (PC) windows.

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Creating ground-based telescopes for imaging interferometry: SELF and ELF
Jeff Kuhn, Nicolas Lodieu, Rafael Rebolo López, Natalia Arteaga-Marrero, Ian Cunnyngham, Patricia Fernández-Izquierdo, Auxiliadora Padrón-Brito, Diego Tamayo-Guzmán, Alejandro Ruiz-Sabina, Paula Sola-La-Serna, Nikolas Romer, Aleksei Grave, Victor Quintero, Ed Kibblewhite, Maud Langlois, Gil Moretto, Jannick P Rolland, Ye Zhou
Accepted Accepted article preview online10 April 2025,  doi: 10.37188/lam.2025.033
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The largest ground-based telescopes will be much larger than their space-based counterparts far into the future. Remote sensing problems that can take advantage of active and adaptive wavefront control that correct the incoming atmospherically distor...
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Lensless single-shot multicore fiber endomicroscopy using a single multispectral hologram
Jakob Dremel, Elias Scharf, Sven Richter, Jürgen Czarske, Robert Kuschmierz
Accepted Accepted article preview online05 March 2025,  doi: 10.37188/lam.2025.027
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Endoscopes are indispensable for minimally invasive optical applications in medicine and production engineering. The smallest lensless endoscopes often use digital optics to compensate the intrinsic distortions of light propagation of multimode or mu...

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Femtosecond laser fabrication of black quartz for infrared photodetection applications
Raffaele De Palo, Annalisa Volpe, Pietro Patimisco, Andrea Zifarelli, Angelo Sampaolo, Antonio Ancona, Hongpeng Wu, Vincenzo Spagnolo
Accepted Accepted article preview online05 March 2025,  doi: 10.37188/lam.2025.026
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Quartz tuning forks have been recently employed as infrared photodetectors in tunable laser diode spectroscopy because of their high responsivities and fast response time. As for all sensitive elements employed for photodetection, the main drawback i...

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Towards multi-dimensional atomic-level measurement: integrated heterodyne grating interferometer with zero dead-zone
Can Cui, Lvye Gao, Pengbo Zhao, Menghan Yang, Lifu Liu, et al.
Published Published online: 04 June 2025,  doi: 10.37188/lam.2025.040
This study proposes a novel heterodyne grating interferometer designed to meet the multi-dimensional atomic-level measurement demands of next-generation lithography systems and large-scale atomic-level manufacturing. By utilizing a dual-frequency laser source, the interferometer enables simultaneous...
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MT-Former: Multi-Task Hybrid Transformer and Deep Support Vector Data Description to Detect Novel anomalies during Semiconductor Manufacturing
Hyunsu Jeong, Chiho Yoon, Hyunseok Lim, Jaesuk Chang, Sampa Misra, et al.
Published Published online: 29 May 2025,  doi: 10.37188/lam.2025.032

Defect inspection is critical in semiconductor manufacturing for product quality improvement at reduced production costs. A whole new manufacturing process is often associated with a new set of defects that can cause serious damage to the manufacturing system. Therefore, classifying existing defects...

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Dual-modal spatiotemporal imaging of ultrafast dynamics in laser-induced periodic surface structures
Qianyi Wei, Jielei Ni, Yuquan Zhang, Yanan Fu, Zhangyu Zhou, et al.
Published Published online: 14 May 2025,  doi: 10.37188/lam.2025.030

Changjun Min's group developed a dual-modal microscopy system combining pump-probe and interferometric imaging, achieving 236 nm spatial and 256 fs temporal resolutions for simultaneous ultrafast reflectivity and topography measurements.

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SERS-based technique for accessible and rapid diagnosis of multiple myeloma in blood serum analysis
Lyudmila A. Bratchenko, Yulia A. Khristoforova, Irina A. Pimenova, Elena N. Tupikova, Maria A. Skuratova, et al.
Published Published online: 13 May 2025,  doi: 10.37188/lam.2025.035

This study presents a low-cost surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy technique for diagnosing multiple myeloma, achieving over 96% accuracy through serum analysis, highlighting its potential for clinical integration and expanded diagnostic capabilities.

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FPGA-accelerated mode decomposition for multimode fiber-based communication
Qian Zhang, Yuedi Zhang, Juergen Czarske
Published Published online: 09 May 2025,  doi: 10.37188/lam.2025.031

This work shows that FPGA-based AI model can decode structured light in multimode fibers. This technology provides a new paradigm for deploying AI in communication and optical systems.

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Deterministic form-position deflectometric measurement of monolithic multi-freeform optical structures via Bayesian multisensor fusion
Wei Lang, Xiangchao Zhang, Yunuo Chen, Ting Chen, Peide Yang, et al.
Published Published online: 11 April 2025,  doi: 10.37188/lam.2025.029

Bayesian Deflectometry is an integrated form-position measurement solution for monolithic multi-freeform optical structures. It can be incorporated into single-point diamond turning machine for in-situ measurement.

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Light focusing and additive manufacturing through highly scattering media using upconversion nanoparticles
Qianyi Zhang, Antoine Boniface, Virendra K. Parashar, Viola Sgarminato, Jorge Madrid-Wolff, et al.
Published Published online: 03 April 2025,  doi: 10.37188/lam.2025.021

Printing through biological tissue is severely limited due to strong optical scattering. To address this issue, we present micro-meter resolution additive manufacturing through highly scattering media using upconversion nanoparticles and wavefront shaping.

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High-speed complex field modulation using binary phase-engraved superpixels
Patrick Kilcullen, Jingdan Liu, Youmin Wang, Lei Gong, Jinyang Liang
Published Published online: 19 March 2025,  doi: 10.37188/lam.2025.017

A piston-mode phase light modulator (PLM) device enables a new technique for superpixel-based complex field modulation with applications to high-speed beam shaping and augmented reality display.

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A universal high-resolution micro-patterning technique for solution-processed materials
John Leo Velpugonda, Naresh Varnakavi, Matthew Yerich, Lih Y Lin
Published Published online: 19 March 2025,  doi: 10.37188/lam.2025.015

Integrating green Perovskite quantum dots and red Cadmium-Selenide quantum dots on a glass substrate

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Stable fabrication of femtosecond-laser-induced periodic nanostructures on glass using real-time monitoring and active feedback control
Godai Miyaji, Daisuke Nagai, Takemichi Miyoshi, Hideyuki Takada, Dai Yoshitomi, et al.
Published Published online: 18 March 2025,  doi: 10.37188/lam.2025.003

We developed an optical system to monitor nanostructure formation on glass by fs laser irradiation in real time, improving its quality through active feedback control of laser power.

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Ultrasensitive bionic photonic-electronic skin with wide red-shift mechanochromic response
Tianqi Wang, Lei Chen, Haogeng Liu, Haoran Zhu, Zijie Zeng, et al.
Published Published online: 15 March 2025,  doi: 10.37188/lam.2025.020

Inspired by the chameleon’s iridophore and a spider’s slit organ, a novel photonic-electronic skin (PE-skin) with excellent optical/electrical performance was developed by a facile “Marangoni self-assembly”-based method.

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Industrial applications of AR headsets: a review of the devices and experience
Artem B. Solomashenko, Olga L. Afanaseva, Maria V. Shishova, Igor. E. Gulianskii, Sergey. A. Sobolnikov, et al.
Published Published online: 21 April 2025,  doi: 10.37188/lam.2025.023

This review considers the ergonomic characteristics of the augmented reality headsets for industry and also introduces a metric for a comprehensive comparison which is dependent on the specific application case.

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Non-destructive optical measurement of transparent objects: a review
Hongda Quan, Wenqi Shi, Lingbao Kong
Published Published online: 11 April 2025,  doi: 10.37188/lam.2025.022

Transparent objects are widely used in various fields, leading to increasing demand for methods of measuring them. However, the measurement of such objects has always been challenging owing to the intricate refraction and reflection phenomena they exhibit. Given that traditional contact measurement ...

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3D-printed immersion micro optics
Marco Wende, Kathrin Doth, Michael Heymann, Andrea Toulouse
Published Published online: 25 March 2025,  doi: 10.37188/lam.2025.019

Femtosecond 3D-printing of micro optics that are suitable for liquid immersion has been an unresolved issue. We present a microfluidic sealing strategy to enable encapsulated, assembly-free 3D-printed immersion micro optics.

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Ultrafast recrystallisation simplifies the synthesis of lanthanide-based metal halide scintillators
Bing Chen, Feng Wang
Published Published online: 18 June 2025,  doi: 10.37188/lam.2025.037

An ultrafast recrystallization method is presented for ultrafast synthesis of lanthanide-based metal halide scintillators at room temperature. The resultant Cs3TbCl6 delivers an exceptionally high light yield of ~51,800 photons/MeV.

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Precision motion control of X-ray optics assisted with optical interferometric metrology for advanced X-ray beam sources
Ting Guo, Jennifer Lien
Published Published online: 29 May 2025,  doi: 10.37188/lam.2025.038

Precision control of X-ray optics (M1 and M2) can be achieved with the assistance of optical interferometric metrology (I1 and I2), as demonstrated by Koehlenbeck et al.

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Twist metrology with twisted light in fibers
Yijie Shen
Published Published online: 21 April 2025,  doi: 10.37188/lam.2025.028

Optical vortices in fibers can be utilized to precisely measure the rotation speed of an object, via the angular frequency shit after light-matter interaction.

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