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Clinical feasibility of low-magnification fluorescence imaging for breast cancer margin detection using texture analysis and deep learning
Tianling Niu, Pouya Afshin, Tongtong Lu, David Helminiak, Julie Jorns, et al.
Biomed. Opt. Express 17(12) 6263-6278 (2026)
High-background X-ray single particle imaging with 2D crystal holographic enhancement
Abhishek Mall, Zhou Shen, and Kartik Ayyer
Opt. Express 34(23) 45250-45261 (2026)
Design rules for phase change materials in non-volatile photonics from a chemical bonding perspective [Invited]
Felix Hoff, Lukas Conrads, Thomas Taubner, and Matthias Wuttig
Opt. Mater. Express 16(12) 4172-4197 (2026)
Color vocabulary declines despite compensation for optical aging
Akvile Sinkeviciute, Galina V. Paramei, Heather J. Ferguson, and Dimitris Mylonas
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 44(5) A1-A15 (2027)
Image of the Week
9 November 2026

Bidirectional Schlieren imaging using dual-LED illumination and a lens aperture as a knife-edge

See Visualization 2 in Opt. Letters 51(21), 6127-5929 (2026)

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September Top Downloads for Journals   More >

1
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.)
4
Optical atomic clocks: defining the future of time and frequency metrology (Optica)
5
Optical switching will innovate intra data center networks [Invited Tutorial] (J. Opt. Commun. Netw.)

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Optics Continuum
Refractive compensating smart window allowing transparency with imperfect refractive index matching
Summary by Catarina Ferreira

The ability to control light transmission in windows should be a core design priority for smart homes. Nevertheless,...

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Site-sensitive dielectric reshaping in Cu nanoparticles induced by a femtosecond laser
Summary by Johann Toudert

Can light "see" the interior of metal nanoparticles? In many cases, it can't, because it is almost totally absorbed in...

Optics Express
Pulsed 978 nm swept-source laser for high-speed multiphoton microscopy
Summary by Weijian Yang

Two-photon microscopy typically forms images by raster-scanning a focused laser beam across a sample, a process that...

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