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Thermally reconfigurable full-space terahertz polarization-converting metasurface with physics-constrained forward prediction and attention-based inverse design
Binggang Xiao, Zhonghua Wei, Zhitao Zhu, Hongmei Mi, and Jiabin Yu
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Rapid stress birefringence mapping in mounted curved lenses with a curved-layer Jones approximation
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Opt. Express 34(21) 39011-39027 (2026)
Custom optical coherence tomography/confocal scanning laser microscope system for rapid measurement of cell size
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Biomed. Opt. Express 17(11) 5517-5535 (2026)
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Single platform femtosecond laser microfabrication of multilayer glass microfluidic devices

See Visualization 2 in Opt. Express 34(20), 38337-38350 (2026)

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September Top Downloads for Journals   More >

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Fundamentals to emerging concepts and applications of metasurfaces for flat optics: a tutorial (Adv. Opt. Photon.)
2
Trends in relativistic laser–matter interaction: the promises of structured light (Optica)
3
Optical tweezers — from calibration to applications: a tutorial (Adv. Opt. Photon.)
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Optical atomic clocks: defining the future of time and frequency metrology (Optica)
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Optical switching will innovate intra data center networks [Invited Tutorial] (J. Opt. Commun. Netw.)

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Optics Express
1-THz-to-mid-infrared field-resolved spectrometer driven by a Cr:ZnS oscillator
Summary by Jean-Paul Guillet

Terahertz and mid-infrared spectroscopy provide complementary views of matter. While mid-infrared frequencies probe...

Applied Optics
Definitive correction for nonlinear and random phase-step detuning using the universal phase-shifting algorithm
Summary by Moises Padilla

Fringe print-through due to detuning errors – an artefact that degrades the accuracy of phase-shifting...

JOSA B
Fiber characterization with frequency-resolved optical gating measurements
Summary by David Novoa

For decades, frequency-resolved optical gating (FROG) has been the gold standard for characterizing ultrashort optical...

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2026		 Biomedical Optics Express Research - Researchers develop tiny probe for intravascular imaging in the brain