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OA_place: repository
OA_type: green
_id: '21532'
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.'
article_processing_charge: No
article_type: original
arxiv: 1
author:
- first_name: Joshua
  full_name: Chen, Joshua
  last_name: Chen
- first_name: Sachin
  full_name: Vaidya, Sachin
  last_name: Vaidya
- first_name: Simo
  full_name: Pajovic, Simo
  last_name: Pajovic
- first_name: Seou
  full_name: Choi, Seou
  last_name: Choi
- first_name: William
  full_name: Michaels, William
  last_name: Michaels
- first_name: Louis
  full_name: Martin-Monier, Louis
  last_name: Martin-Monier
- first_name: Juejun
  full_name: Hu, Juejun
  last_name: Hu
- first_name: Carol
  full_name: Cogswell, Carol
  last_name: Cogswell
- first_name: Charles
  full_name: Roques-Carmes, Charles
  id: e2e68fc9-6505-11ef-a541-eb4e72cc3e82
  last_name: Roques-Carmes
- first_name: Marin
  full_name: Soljačić, Marin
  last_name: Soljačić
citation:
  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>
  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>.
  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.
  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.
  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.
date_created: 2026-03-30T12:22:47Z
date_published: 2026-03-01T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2026-05-05T07:53:27Z
day: '01'
doi: 10.1021/acsphotonics.5c03124
extern: '1'
external_id:
  arxiv:
  - '2601.09830'
intvolume: '        13'
issue: '7'
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
  url: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2601.09830
month: '03'
oa: 1
oa_version: Preprint
page: 1757–1766
publication: ACS Photonics
publication_identifier:
  eissn:
  - 2330-4022
publication_status: published
publisher: American Chemical Society
quality_controlled: '1'
scopus_import: '1'
status: public
title: Wavefront engineering for scintillation-based imaging
type: journal_article
user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
volume: 13
year: '2026'
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