March 2019

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  • Spotlight Summary by Jane M. Simmons

    • Towards Immersive Tactile Internet Experiences: Low-Latency FiWi Enhanced Mobile Networks With Edge Intelligence [Invited]
    • Much of the research on latency in edge optical networks is focused on transport and the underlying infrastructure. In contrast, this paper is a detailed discourse of a burgeoning application that requires low-latency...
    • J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 11(4) B10-B25 (2019) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

  • Spotlight Summary by Byoungho Lee

    • Progress in virtual reality and augmented reality based on holographic display
    • This paper provides an opportunity to learn about the recent optical progress and remaining challenges in holographic displays. In this article, the history of development in virtual reality and augmented reality is...
    • Appl. Opt. 58(5) A74-A81 (2019) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

Light–Matter Interactions

  • Spotlight Summary by Johann Toudert

    • Heat-induced perfect light absorption in thin-film metasurfaces for structural coloring [Invited]
    • Materials with a tailored color are important not only for aesthetic purposes but also for a variety of devices such as optical switches, displays, or camouflage. These applications also often require the color to be...
    • Opt. Mater. Express 9(3) 1386-1393 (2019) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

  • Spotlight Summary by Erik Kerstel

    • Miniaturized ring-down spectrometer for CubeSat-based planetary science
    • This paper describes the development of a robust and sensitive spectrometer based on the long path-length absorption technique of cavity ring-down spectroscopy (CRDS). The prototype demonstrated a sensitivity...
    • Appl. Opt. 58(8) 1941-1949 (2019) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

  • Spotlight Summary by Miro Erkintalo

    • Coherent two-octave-spanning supercontinuum generation in lithium-niobate waveguides
    • Photonic integrated waveguides have emerged over the last decade as an attractive new platform for nonlinear optics. Their high optical confinement and engineerable dispersion characteristics in particular have enabled...
    • Opt. Lett. 44(5) 1222-1225 (2019) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

  • Spotlight Summary by Francesco Morichetti

    • Low-power optical beam steering by microelectromechanical waveguide gratings
    • Steering the propagation direction of an electromagnetic wave is a very old concept, but now more than ever it has become a hot topic. Beam steering (and forming) is at the core of many upcoming technologies, such as...
    • Opt. Lett. 44(4) 855-858 (2019) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

  • Spotlight Summary by Dennis J. Lee

    • Channeled compressive imaging spectropolarimeter
    • This paper presents a novel imaging spectropolarimeter that acquires the spatial, spectral, and polarization information of a scene without scanning in the spatial or spectral domains. Current approaches include...
    • Opt. Express 27(3) 2197-2211 (2019) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

Optical Design and Instrumentation

  • Spotlight Summary by Erik Kerstel

    • Miniaturized ring-down spectrometer for CubeSat-based planetary science
    • This paper describes the development of a robust and sensitive spectrometer based on the long path-length absorption technique of cavity ring-down spectroscopy (CRDS). The prototype demonstrated a sensitivity...
    • Appl. Opt. 58(8) 1941-1949 (2019) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

  • Spotlight Summary by Edward J. Wollack

    • Wide-field off-axis telescope for the Mesospheric Airglow/Aerosol Tomography Spectroscopy satellite
    • In this paper, Hammar et al. demonstrate a new method of addressing low-order optical distortions in off-axis telescopes. The dominant aberration, linear astigmatism, present in two-mirror on-axis telescopes is widely...
    • Appl. Opt. 58(6) 1393-1399 (2019) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

  • Spotlight Summary by Dennis J. Lee

    • Channeled compressive imaging spectropolarimeter
    • This paper presents a novel imaging spectropolarimeter that acquires the spatial, spectral, and polarization information of a scene without scanning in the spatial or spectral domains. Current approaches include...
    • Opt. Express 27(3) 2197-2211 (2019) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

Optics in Biology and Medicine

  • Spotlight Summary by Corinna L. Koch Dandolo

    • Combined multiphoton fluorescence microscopy and photoacoustic imaging for stratigraphic analysis of paintings
    • This paper demonstrates how the full stratigraphy of a painted artwork can be non-invasively imaged by scanning the same area with multiphoton excitation fluorescence (MPEF) and photoacoustic (PA) imaging devices and...
    • Opt. Lett. 44(5) 1154-1157 (2019) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

  • Spotlight Summary by Robert J. Zawadzki

    • Compensating spatially dependent dispersion in visible light OCT
    • The prospect of visible light optical coherence tomography (VIS-OCT) has been capturing the imagination of the optical imaging community for years. This is because OCT imaging in the visible spectral band should offer...
    • Opt. Lett. 44(4) 775-778 (2019) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

Optoelectronics

  • Spotlight Summary by Francesco Morichetti

    • Low-power optical beam steering by microelectromechanical waveguide gratings
    • Steering the propagation direction of an electromagnetic wave is a very old concept, but now more than ever it has become a hot topic. Beam steering (and forming) is at the core of many upcoming technologies, such as...
    • Opt. Lett. 44(4) 855-858 (2019) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

Vision and Color

  • Spotlight Summary by Takuma Morimoto

    • Hyperspectral imaging in color vision research: tutorial
    • Hyperspectral imaging has brought new dimensions to vision research. Standard digital cameras, or the camera on a smart phone, records the world in front of you based on the response from only three sensors—red,...
    • J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 36(4) 606-627 (2019) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

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