{"title":"Manufacturable blazed metasurface gratings designed by a 3D topology optimization model.","authors":"Simon Ans, Frédéric Zamkotsian, Guillaume Demésy","doi":"10.1364/JOSAA.601840","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAA.601840","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We present an open-source finite element method-based topology optimization framework for 3D blazed metasurfaces operating in reflection over the [400-1500] nm visible and near-infrared range. The design region is described through a density-based interpolation and optimized using the adjoint method, enabling the treatment of several tens of thousands of degrees of freedom. A first approach directly applies topology optimization to the 3D finite element mesh (mesh-based), yielding a freeform structure that achieves an average diffraction efficiency of 62% in the -1st order over two octaves under the targeted incidence. However, the freeform patterns obtained remain difficult to manufacture. We therefore introduce a pillar-based parameterization, embedding fabrication constraints within the optimization loop. The resulting binary metasurface, compatible with e-beam lithography and reactive ion etching techniques, achieves an average efficiency of 57% over the same spectral band in <i>p</i>-polarization, with low polarization dependence. This work demonstrates that large-scale 3D topology optimization can bridge the gap between broadband optical performance and realistic nanofabrication constraints for blazed metasurfaces.</p>","PeriodicalId":17382,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The Optical Society of America A-optics Image Science and Vision","volume":"43 9","pages":"1435-1445"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149168099","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mauricio Angelone, Stephan O Hruszkewycz, Chris Jacobsen
{"title":"Coherence requirements for multislice coherent imaging of large specimens.","authors":"Mauricio Angelone, Stephan O Hruszkewycz, Chris Jacobsen","doi":"10.1364/JOSAA.605889","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAA.605889","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Coherent X-ray imaging methods such as ptychography and holography can provide 3D images of millimeter-thick specimens at nanoscale resolution when combined with multislice reconstruction methods, which account for wavefield propagation through the full sample depth rather than using a simple projection of optical effects along the illumination direction. Here, we derive the transverse and longitudinal coherence requirements for multislice imaging, based on the illumination wavelength <i>λ</i>, sample thickness <i>t</i>, and the target spatial resolution <i>δ</i><sub>r</sub>. The sample can be larger than either the coherence width or length, and the required coherence lengths can be achieved using either multilayer or crystal monochromators depending on thickness <i>t</i>. When considering our findings in the context of tomography, we find that the number of rotation angles required for full angular sampling depends on resolution <i>δ</i><sub>r</sub> and wavelength <i>λ</i>, but not on sample thickness <i>t</i>. These results confirm the feasibility of providing sufficient coherence for 3D X-ray imaging of samples that are much thicker than the normal depth-of-focus limit.</p>","PeriodicalId":17382,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The Optical Society of America A-optics Image Science and Vision","volume":"43 9","pages":"1321-1328"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149170149","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Luiz Melk de Carvalho, Davies William de Lima Monteiro, Bruno Lovaglio Cançado Trindade
{"title":"Fabrication and <i>in vitro</i> optical characterization of a diffractive trifocal intraocular lens with step heights modulated by a cosine function.","authors":"Luiz Melk de Carvalho, Davies William de Lima Monteiro, Bruno Lovaglio Cançado Trindade","doi":"10.1364/JOSAA.606130","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAA.606130","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This paper details the fabrication and <i>in vitro</i> characterization of a trifocal diffractive intraocular lens, in hydrophilic acrylic material, featuring cosine-modulated step heights, designed for pupil-size-independent light distribution and manufactured via diamond turning. Optical testing confirmed dioptric power compliance and consistent through-focus MTF ratios across 3.0 and 4.5 mm apertures, verifying pupil size independence for distant and near focal planes. Benchmarking against four commercial lenses showed competitive near-focus performance, but intermediate MTF under photopic conditions remains a target for future design optimization.</p>","PeriodicalId":17382,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The Optical Society of America A-optics Image Science and Vision","volume":"43 9","pages":"1462-1471"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149167956","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"LightGuard: shedding light on copyright protection for relightable Gaussian splatting.","authors":"Xuanning Cui, Qi Song, Ziyuan Luo, Xiufeng Huang, Renjie Wan, Huizhu Jia, Boxin Shi","doi":"10.1364/JOSAA.600452","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAA.600452","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>With the advent of advanced relighting techniques built upon inverse rendering and light transport modeling, users can now effortlessly adjust the lighting conditions of 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) models, allowing for more flexible and immersive 3D experiences. However, this technological progress also opens the door to potential copyright infringements, as malicious users can exploit relighting to falsely claim ownership of modified 3DGS models. To mitigate these issues, we propose a robust digital watermarking mechanism to protect 3DGS models against unauthorized modifications via advanced relighting techniques. By using a base color-an intrinsic reflectance property in physically based rendering-as the cover medium for embedding watermarks, our method ensures high robustness and imperceptibility. We also introduce an Exclusive-Key (E-K) mechanism that allows only legitimate owners to extract the embedded watermarks. Experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of our approach.</p>","PeriodicalId":17382,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The Optical Society of America A-optics Image Science and Vision","volume":"43 9","pages":"E19-E30"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149167368","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Energy flow control of focused vector Bessel-Gaussian beams based on polarization-phase mixed modulation.","authors":"Juntao Peng, Jinsong Li, Hao Wang, Yuqian Li","doi":"10.1364/JOSAA.604192","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAA.604192","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Based on vector diffraction theory, the energy flow control of focused vector Bessel-Gaussian beams with polarization-phase mixed modulation is studied. The energy distribution characteristics of the transverse, longitudinal, and total energy flow fields under different parameters are discussed in detail. The results demonstrate that, at the focal plane, by adjusting the beam parameter <i>β</i>, the proportion of transverse and longitudinal components in the energy flow field can be finely adjusted, and a purely longitudinal energy flow field is obtained. By varying the value of the azimuthal polarization parameter <i>m</i>, the energy flow distribution is freely controlled. Adjusting the radial polarization parameter <i>n</i> allows for the modification of the number and strength of the annular vortices. Modulation of the parameter <i>γ</i> introduces nonlinear wavefront distortion, causing the energy flow distribution in the focal region to evolve from a symmetric structure to an asymmetric vortex structure.</p>","PeriodicalId":17382,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The Optical Society of America A-optics Image Science and Vision","volume":"43 8","pages":"1312-1320"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149169699","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"PDMS lens for a fiber probe for detecting low-intensity fluorescence signals from advanced glycation endproducts.","authors":"P Sai Shruti Rao, Pradeep Kumar Krishnamurthy","doi":"10.1364/JOSAA.590410","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAA.590410","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Fluorescence-based biomedical diagnostics such as cancers and advanced glycation endproducts (AGEs) face important challenges, primarily the weak fluorescence emission and optical attenuation in highly scattering and absorbing biological tissues. We aim to develop an attachable polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) lens for an optical fiber probe that can detect low-intensity collagen-linked fluorescence (CLF) due to the AGE formation, despite high melanin concentration, and provide a non-invasive AGE detection system irrespective of skin color. We employed a Y-shaped multimode fiber-optic (MMFO) probe-based fluorescence spectroscopy for the detection of AGEs. We fabricated the PDMS-based plano-convex milli-lens for the MMFO probe using a hanging droplet technique and characterized for numerical aperture to maximize light collection. Skin mimicking phantoms containing AGEs, NADH, FAD, and varying concentrations of melanin (100-400 µM) were prepared. The PDMS lens-assisted fiber probe was used to measure the CLF spectrum (440-560 nm) from phantoms at an excitation of 405 nm. The phantom-based studies revealed that increasing concentration of melanin made the acquisition of CLF spectra difficult. The lens-assisted fluorescence measurement from these phantoms resulted in significant improvement in the collection of CLF spectra. The collection of the CLF signals with lens improved by 200%. The peak prominence of the CLF spectrum improved from 1 to 6.4.</p>","PeriodicalId":17382,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The Optical Society of America A-optics Image Science and Vision","volume":"43 8","pages":"D19-D26"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149164968","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nirmal K Viswanathan, Upasana Baishya, Nitish Kumar, Dileep Kumar Upadhyay, A Harish Kumar
{"title":"Paraxial spin-orbit beams of light-a perspective [Invited].","authors":"Nirmal K Viswanathan, Upasana Baishya, Nitish Kumar, Dileep Kumar Upadhyay, A Harish Kumar","doi":"10.1364/JOSAA.596270","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAA.596270","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This paper provides a perspective on paraxial spin-orbit laser beams with a nonuniform phase-polarization structure embedded with <i>C-point</i> and <i>L-line</i> polarization singularities and surrounding <i>lemon</i>, <i>star</i>, and <i>monstar</i> polarization topologies. The spin and orbital angular momenta of the light beam are manipulated independently or together to produce spin-orbit light beams with these polarization features. Paraxial spin-orbit beams with topological features are generated using readily available optical components, including, as demonstrated in our group, reflection at a single and multilayer dielectric interface, propagation through an optical fiber, an optical crystal, a GRIN rod, and in two- and three-beam interferometers. Compared with uniformly polarized laser beams, spin-orbit beams offer significant experimental advantages, enabling sensitive, novel (to our knowledge) approaches to measure weak anisotropy effects in dielectric and magneto-optic media, as well as in microscopy and metrology. The generation of spin-orbit beams using off-the-shelf optical components is expected to accelerate their development and use, further enriching this emerging area of optics research.</p>","PeriodicalId":17382,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The Optical Society of America A-optics Image Science and Vision","volume":"43 8","pages":"D119-D140"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149166750","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Minimum number of components required for the structural design of a multicomponent two-conjugate lens system.","authors":"Lakshminarayan Hazra","doi":"10.1364/JOSAA.592700","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAA.592700","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A semi-analytical approach to check and eliminate unwanted redundancy in the number of components in multicomponent optical systems is presented. This analysis is particularly useful in the first phase of structural design for conceptualizing a multicomponent lens system that must meet the required paraxial specifications for object and pupil imagery. The method is applicable to both \"ab initio\" and \"surrogate\" design.</p>","PeriodicalId":17382,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The Optical Society of America A-optics Image Science and Vision","volume":"43 8","pages":"D157-D166"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149169642","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comparative study of aperture-induced aberrations in reflective and transmissive optical spectrometers using ZEMAX.","authors":"Muddasir Naeem, Tayyab Imran","doi":"10.1364/JOSAA.604734","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAA.604734","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study presents a design-level comparison of aperture-induced imaging degradation in reflective and transmissive optical spectrometers using ZEMAX OpticStudio. Two representative grating-based spectrometer configurations were modeled and evaluated under identical input-aperture, wavelength, detector, and grating-order conditions while varying the entrance pinhole diameter from 5 to 100 µm. The optical response was assessed using complementary image-quality metrics, including geometric, Huygens, and diffraction modulation transfer functions, line spread function, edge spread function, FFT-derived spread functions, and detector-plane irradiance. The results show that increasing the input pinhole size systematically reduces modulation transfer, broadens the line and edge responses, and redistributes optical energy over a larger detector region, indicating a transition from an optics-limited response at small apertures to a source-size-limited response at larger apertures. Within the specific optical prescriptions considered here, the reflective configuration preserved modulation, edge sharpness, and detector-plane energy confinement more effectively than the simple singlet-lens transmissive configuration. The study establishes a direct design connection between entrance-aperture size, spatial-frequency response, spread-function broadening, and detector-plane energy confinement, providing practical guidance for compact spectrometer designs where resolution, throughput, and aberration tolerance must be balanced.</p>","PeriodicalId":17382,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The Optical Society of America A-optics Image Science and Vision","volume":"43 8","pages":"1272-1283"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149169727","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Radial Hilbert derivative-based total variation penalty for image reconstruction.","authors":"Muskan Kularia, Manidipa Banerjee, Kedar Khare","doi":"10.1364/JOSAA.584241","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAA.584241","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Gradient-based penalties such as total variation (TV) and its variants are popular in computational imaging literature due to their simultaneous noise suppression and edge preservation properties. The functional (or Euler-Lagrange) derivatives of these penalty functions involve a combination of gradient and divergence operations that are typically evaluated using the finite difference approximation along the row and column directions of the image matrix. Repeated evaluation of functional derivatives as required in iterative image reconstruction algorithms can cause faint grid-like artifacts, and the Fourier spectrum of the reconstructed image is observed to develop spurious energy bands. We propose a TV-like penalty using the Laguerre-Gaussian radial Hilbert transform, which is known to provide isotropic edge enhancement. The functional derivative of this penalty function does not have a simple analytical form but can be evaluated using the readily available automatic differentiation tools. Numerical illustrations for image denoising and deconvolution using the proposed penalty function with gradient descent-type iterations show that the reconstructed images retain their natural texture, and their Fourier spectrum does not show undesirable structures. The proposed penalty function is simple to implement and can be used generically in computational imaging algorithms. Furthermore, we demonstrate that the proposed approach is not limited just to the TV penalty and can be systematically extended to a broader class of gradient-based regularizers.</p>","PeriodicalId":17382,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The Optical Society of America A-optics Image Science and Vision","volume":"43 8","pages":"D50-D63"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149167182","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}