Metasurface-assisted adaptive quantum phase contrast imaging

Xiaojing Feng; Juanzi He; Xingyu Liu; Xiaoshu Zhu; Yifan Zhou; Xinyang Feng; Shuming Wang

doi:10.3788/AI.2025.10014

Advanced Imaging, Volume. 2, Issue 5, 051003(2025)

Metasurface-assisted adaptive quantum phase contrast imaging

Xiaojing Feng, Juanzi He, Xingyu Liu, Xiaoshu Zhu, Yifan Zhou, Xinyang Feng, and Shuming Wang^*

National Laboratory of Solid-State Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Microstructures, School of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China

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Category: Research Article

Received: Apr. 26, 2025

Accepted: Aug. 19, 2025

Published Online: Sep. 23, 2025

The Author Email: Shuming Wang (wangshuming@nju.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/AI.2025.10014

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