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We extend our recently developed coded-mask wavefront sensing technique to enable single-shot measurements of nanofocused x-ray beams. This method accurately reconstructs the focal beam profile by backpropagating the wavefront measured downstream of the beam focus. To validate its performance, we benchmarked it against the conventional fluorescence wire scan method, successfully measuring ∼120 nm focal spots at the 28-ID-B beamline of the Advanced Photon Source using a polymeric compound refractive lens. The results highlight the effectiveness of coded-mask wavefront sensing for high-precision beam profiling and its application as a real-time wavefront monitoring tool.
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Light Sci Appl
September 2025
Laboratory of Quantum Information, University of Science and Technology of China, 230026, Hefei, China.
Quantum imaging with spatially entangled photons offers advantages such as enhanced spatial resolution, robustness against noise, and counterintuitive phenomena, while a biphoton spatial aberration generally degrades its performance. Biphoton aberration correction has been achieved by using classical beams to detect the aberration source or scanning the correction phase on biphotons if the source is unreachable. Here, a new method named position-correlated biphoton Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensing is introduced, where the phase pattern added on photon pairs with a strong position correlation is reconstructed from their position centroid distribution at the back focal plane of a microlens array.
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August 2025
School of Information and Communication Engineering, Communication University of China, Beijing 100024, China.
Integrated Sensing And Communication (ISAC) has been applied to the Internet of Things (IoT) network as a promising 6G technology due to its ability to enhance spectrum utilization and reduce resource consumption, making it ideal for high-precision sensing applications. However, while the introduction of millimeter Wave (mmWave) and massive Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) technologies can enhance the performance of ISAC systems, they extend the near-field region, rendering traditional channel parameter estimation algorithms ineffective due to the spherical wavefront channel model. Aiming to address the challenge, we propose a tensor-based channel parameter estimation and localization algorithm for the near-field mmWave massive MIMO-Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) ISAC systems.
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August 2025
Key Laboratory of Vibration Signal Capture and Intelligent Processing, School of Electronic Engineering, Yili Normal University, 448 Jiefang Road, Yining 835000, China.
In geophysical exploration, laser remote sensing detection of seismic waves based on wavefront sensors can be used for geological detection and geophysical exploration. However, due to the high sensitivity of the wavefront sensor, it is easy to be affected by the environmental light and vibration, resulting in random noise, which is difficult to predict, thus significantly reducing the quality of the vibration signal and the detection accuracy. In this paper, a large amount of data is collected through a single-point vibration detection experiment, and the relationship between amplitude and spot centroid offset is analyzed and calculated.
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August 2025
Photonics Initiative, Advanced Science Research Center, City University of New York, New York, NY 10031, USA.
The terahertz (THz) frequency range, situated between microwave and infrared radiation, has emerged as a pivotal domain with broad applications in high-speed communication, imaging, sensing, and biosensing. The development of topological THz metadevices represents a notable advancement for photonic technologies, leveraging the distinctive electronic properties and quantum-inspired phenomena inherent to topological materials. These devices enable robust waveguiding capabilities, positioning them as critical components for on-chip data transfer and photonic integrated circuits, particularly within emerging 6G communication frameworks.
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August 2025
Photonics Research Laboratory, Center of Excellence on Applied Electromagnetic Systems, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
In order to focus light at a desired depth, wavefront shaping of the incident light is required. Light focusing is used in applications such as medical imaging, sensing, power dividers, etc. For this purpose, various phase plates can be exploited, but we propose a periodic phase plate.
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