{"month":"03","year":"2026","publication_identifier":{"eissn":["2330-4022"]},"article_type":"original","date_updated":"2026-05-05T07:53:27Z","date_created":"2026-03-30T12:22:47Z","user_id":"2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","OA_type":"green","page":"1757–1766","doi":"10.1021/acsphotonics.5c03124","oa_version":"Preprint","title":"Wavefront engineering for scintillation-based imaging","author":[{"last_name":"Chen","first_name":"Joshua","full_name":"Chen, Joshua"},{"last_name":"Vaidya","first_name":"Sachin","full_name":"Vaidya, Sachin"},{"first_name":"Simo","full_name":"Pajovic, Simo","last_name":"Pajovic"},{"last_name":"Choi","full_name":"Choi, Seou","first_name":"Seou"},{"first_name":"William","full_name":"Michaels, William","last_name":"Michaels"},{"last_name":"Martin-Monier","full_name":"Martin-Monier, Louis","first_name":"Louis"},{"first_name":"Juejun","full_name":"Hu, Juejun","last_name":"Hu"},{"first_name":"Carol","full_name":"Cogswell, Carol","last_name":"Cogswell"},{"last_name":"Roques-Carmes","id":"e2e68fc9-6505-11ef-a541-eb4e72cc3e82","first_name":"Charles","full_name":"Roques-Carmes, Charles"},{"full_name":"Soljačić, Marin","first_name":"Marin","last_name":"Soljačić"}],"oa":1,"publisher":"American Chemical Society","publication_status":"published","publication":"ACS Photonics","article_processing_charge":"No","issue":"7","_id":"21532","OA_place":"repository","abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"Recent research in nanophotonics for scintillation-based imaging has demonstrated promising improvements in scintillator performance. In parallel, advances in nanophotonics have enabled wavefront control through metasurfaces, a capability that has transformed fields such as microscopy by allowing tailored control of optical propagation. This naturally raises the following question, which we address in this Perspective: can wavefront-control strategies be leveraged to improve scintillation-based imaging? To answer this question, we explore nanophotonic- and metasurface-enabled wavefront control in scintillators to mitigate image blurring arising from their intrinsically diffuse light emission. While depth-of-field extension in scintillation faces fundamental limitations absent in microscopy, this approach reveals promising avenues, including stacked scintillators, selective spatial-frequency enhancement, and X-ray energy-dependent imaging. These results clarify the key distinctions in adapting wavefront engineering to scintillation and its potential to enable tailored detection strategies."}],"volume":13,"language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"quality_controlled":"1","extern":"1","scopus_import":"1","external_id":{"arxiv":["2601.09830"]},"day":"01","date_published":"2026-03-01T00:00:00Z","status":"public","arxiv":1,"citation":{"ista":"Chen J, Vaidya S, Pajovic S, Choi S, Michaels W, Martin-Monier L, Hu J, Cogswell C, Roques-Carmes C, Soljačić M. 2026. Wavefront engineering for scintillation-based imaging. ACS Photonics. 13(7), 1757–1766.","apa":"Chen, J., Vaidya, S., Pajovic, S., Choi, S., Michaels, W., Martin-Monier, L., … Soljačić, M. (2026). Wavefront engineering for scintillation-based imaging. <i>ACS Photonics</i>. American Chemical Society. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.5c03124\">https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.5c03124</a>","chicago":"Chen, Joshua, Sachin Vaidya, Simo Pajovic, Seou Choi, William Michaels, Louis Martin-Monier, Juejun Hu, Carol Cogswell, Charles Roques-Carmes, and Marin Soljačić. “Wavefront Engineering for Scintillation-Based Imaging.” <i>ACS Photonics</i>. American Chemical Society, 2026. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.5c03124\">https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.5c03124</a>.","mla":"Chen, Joshua, et al. “Wavefront Engineering for Scintillation-Based Imaging.” <i>ACS Photonics</i>, vol. 13, no. 7, American Chemical Society, 2026, pp. 1757–1766, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.5c03124\">10.1021/acsphotonics.5c03124</a>.","short":"J. Chen, S. Vaidya, S. Pajovic, S. Choi, W. Michaels, L. Martin-Monier, J. Hu, C. Cogswell, C. Roques-Carmes, M. Soljačić, ACS Photonics 13 (2026) 1757–1766.","ama":"Chen J, Vaidya S, Pajovic S, et al. Wavefront engineering for scintillation-based imaging. <i>ACS Photonics</i>. 2026;13(7):1757–1766. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.5c03124\">10.1021/acsphotonics.5c03124</a>","ieee":"J. Chen <i>et al.</i>, “Wavefront engineering for scintillation-based imaging,” <i>ACS Photonics</i>, vol. 13, no. 7. American Chemical Society, pp. 1757–1766, 2026."},"intvolume":"        13","main_file_link":[{"url":"https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2601.09830","open_access":"1"}],"type":"journal_article"}