Latest Advances in Optical Diffraction, Imaging and Display

Dear Colleagues,

The recent advances in the field of optical diffraction, imaging, and display have led to a remarkable evolution in optics and photonics, driven by the increasing demand for precise and efficient light modulation and emission in various applications, e.g., holography, imaging, laser beam shaping, optical communications, virtual reality and augmented reality, etc. Optical diffraction for achieving precision control over the phase and amplitude of light enables the compact and flexible design of optical systems such as diffractive optical elements (DOEs), spatial light modulators, metasurfaces, perfect lenses, and photonic crystals, contributing to high-performance imaging and display systems. With ongoing research in theory, design, fabrication, and testing, significant progress has been made in understanding the transformation of light as it emits, propagates, or diffracts, leading to the wide development of structured laser beams, wavefront sensors, holography, microdisplays, nanolithography, biomedical imaging, and optical data transmission applications.

This Special Issue invites you to present state-of-the-art articles on theoretical insights, experimental breakthroughs, and exciting applications in diffraction optics, imaging, and display. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Diffraction optical elements (DOEs);
• Meta-surfaces for imaging and display;
• Virtual reality and augmented reality;
• Nano-photonics and nanolithography;
• Holography and Fourier optics;
• Metamaterials;
• Light scattering;
• Phase modulation and laser beam shaping;
• Wavefront sensing;
• Optical microscopy; differential interference contrast (DIC) microscope;
• Coherent diffraction imaging/phase contrast imaging/computational imaging.

Dr. Chenrun Feng
Dr. Yannanqi Li
Dr. Zhiyong Yang
Guest Editors

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• diffraction optical elements (DOEs)
• meta-surfaces for imaging and display
• virtual reality and augmented reality
• nano-photonics and nanolithography
• holography and fourier optics
• metamaterials
• light scattering
• phase modulation and laser beam shaping
• wavefront sensing
• optical microscopy
• differential interference contrast (DIC) microscope
• coherent diffraction imaging/phase contrast imaging/computational imaging