Information Acquisition, Processing, and Display

  • Spotlight Summary by Pavel Pořízka and David W. Hahn

    • Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy for three-dimensional elemental mapping of composite materials synthesized by additive technologies
    • Appl. Opt. 56(35) 9698-9705 (2017) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

Light–Matter Interactions

  • Spotlight Summary by Thomas Gerrits

    • Generation of highly pure Schrödinger’s cat states and real-time quadrature measurements via optical filtering
    • Opt. Express 25(26) 32227-32242 (2017) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

Optical Design and Instrumentation

  • Spotlight Summary by Michael Berry

    • Geometric optics of a refringent sphere illuminated by a point source: caustics, wavefronts, and zero phase-fronts for every rainbow “k” order
    • J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 35(1) 1-11 (2018) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

Optics in Biology and Medicine

  • Spotlight Summary by Robert Zawadzki

    • Ultrahigh-resolution optical coherence elastography through a micro-endoscope: towards in vivo imaging of cellular-scale mechanics
    • Biomed. Opt. Express 8(11) 5127-5138 (2017) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

  • Spotlight Summary by Richard Bowman

    • Extended depth of field for single biomolecule optical imaging-force spectroscopy
    • Opt. Express 25(25) 32189-32197 (2017) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF