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Integrated magneto-optic-based magnetometer: classical and quantum limits (Optica)
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Integrated optical-to-optical gain in a silicon photonic modulator neuron (Optica)
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Engineering nonlinear activation functions for all-optical neural networks via quantum interference (Opt. Express)
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Label-free viability assessment of ex vivo mouse kidneys for transplant applications using dynamic optical coherence tomography (Biomed. Opt. Express)
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Evaluation of the ACOLITE atmospheric correction algorithm at a tropical coastal site (Opt. Express)
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Wave pulses with unusual asymptotical behavior at infinity
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Despite conservation of energy strongly suggesting that the intensity of a propagating optical pulse should decay as...

Applied Optics
Blind deconvolution extraction of Doppler-broadened spectra in LIF spectroscopy under model-free constraints
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A practical tool to infer temperature and velocity of heavy species in cold plasmas.

Deducing the true...

Optics Letters
Evaluating tartrazine as an optical clearing agent for fluorescence lifetime imaging
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Tartrazine clears the path for deeper fluorescence lifetime imaging.

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