Modern imaging technologies are widely based on classical principles of light or
electromagnetic wave propagation. They can be remarkably sophisticated, with recent …

The field of Brillouin microscopy and imaging was established approximately 20 years ago,
thanks to the development of non-scanning high-resolution optical spectrometers. Since …

Brillouin microscopy is an emerging optical elastography technique capable of assessing
mechanical properties of biological samples in a three-dimensional, all-optical and …

The biomechanical properties of cells and tissues play an important role in our fundamental
understanding of the structures and functions of biological systems at both the cellular and …

Quantum-enhanced stimulated Raman scattering (QESRS) microscopy is expected to
realize molecular vibrational imaging with sub-shot-noise sensitivity, so that weak signals …

Stimulated Brillouin scattering is an emerging technique for probing the mechanical
properties of biological samples. However, the nonlinear process requires high optical …

Quantum estimation of parameters defining open-system dynamics may be enhanced by
using ancillas that are entangled with the probe but are not submitted to the dynamics. Here …

Strong quantum correlated sources are essential but delicate resources for quantum
information science and engineering protocols. Decoherence and loss are the two main …

Detecting electronic hot spots is important for understanding the heat dissipation and
thermal management of electronic and semiconductor devices. Optical thermoreflective …

Much of our progress in understanding microscale biology has been powered by advances
in microscopy. For instance, super-resolution microscopes allow the observation of …