{"id":1262,"date":"2023-05-30T17:19:55","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T17:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fipp.creol.ucf.edu\/?page_id=1262"},"modified":"2025-08-13T15:31:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T15:31:08","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/oisl\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Our group works at the intersection between the optics\/photonics and computing, including optical signal processing, computational imaging system, accelerated optical and integrated photonic platforms for computing. We also study a broad range of design problems in optics and photonics (from macro-scale lens to nano-scale on-chip devices), leveraging physics-informed generative models.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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  1. Z. Zhu, R. Sarma, S. Smith-Dryden, G. Li, and S. Pang,\u00a0Mode-multiplexed photonic integrated vector dot-product core from inverse design<\/em>, Photonics Research, 12(10) (2024).<\/li>
  2. A. Sobhanan, A. Fardoost, D. Desai, F. G. Vanani, Z. Zhu, S. S. Pang, G. Li,\u00a0Photonic floating point multiplication using cascaded SSB-SC modulation<\/em>, Opt. Express, 32(22), (2024).<\/li>
  3. A. B. Klein, Z. Zhu, G. Li, and S. Pang,\u00a0Floating-point photonic iterative solver demonstrated for Newton\u2013Raphson method<\/em>, Applied Physics Letters, 125(12) 121108 (2024).<\/li>
  4. X. Wang, B. Redding, N. Karl, C. Long, Z. Zhu, J. Skowronek, S. Pang, D. Brady, and R. Sarma,\u00a0Integrated photonic encoder for low power and high-speed image processing<\/em>, Nature Communications, 15(1), (2024).<\/li>
  5. B. Redding, J. Murray, J. Hart, Z. Zhu, S. Pang, R. Sarma,\u00a0Fiber optic computing using distributed feedback<\/em>, Communication Physics, 7(1), (2024).<\/li>
  6. Z. Zhu, A. Fardoost, F. Ghaedi Vanani, A. Klein, G. Li, and S. Pang,\u00a0Coherent General-Purpose Photonic Matrix Processor<\/em>, ACS Photonics, 11(3) (2024).<\/li>
  7. S. R. Thapa, S. Smith-Dryden, Z. Zhu, S. Pang, G. Li,\u00a0Experimental demonstration and characterization of a non-mode selective (de)multiplexer using multi-plane light converter (MPLC)<\/em>, IEEE Photonics Journal 16(2) 7200606 (2024).<\/li>
  8. A. Klein, Z. Zhu, D. Saiham, G. Li, and S. Pang,\u00a0Iterative eigensolver using fixed-point photonic primitive<\/em>, Optics Letters, 49(2), (2024), 194<\/li>
  9. D. Saiham, Z. Zhu, A. Klein, and S. Pang,\u00a0LAccelerated fixed-point iterative reconstruction for fiber borescope imaging<\/em>, Optics Express, 31(23), (2023), 38355-38364.<\/li>
  10. Z. Zhu, A. B. Klein, G. Li, and S. Pang,\u00a0Fixed-point iterative linear inverse solver with extended precision<\/em>, Scientific Reports, 13(1), (2023), 5198<\/li>
  11. F. G. Vanani, A. Fardoost, Y. Zhang, Z. Zhu, N. Wang, J. C. Alvarado, R. Amezcua, S. Pang, S. Chandrasekhar and G. Li,\u00a0Low-Crosstalk Mode-Group Demultiplexers Based on Fabry-Perot Thin-Film Filters<\/em>, Optics Express 30(22), (2022), 39258<\/li>
  12. Z. Zhu, J. Ulseth, G. Li, and S. Pang,\u00a0Training of mixed-signal optical convolutional neural networks with reduced quantization levels<\/em>, IEEE Access, 9(1) (2021) 56645.<\/li>
  13. Z. Zhu, J. White, Z. Chang, and S. Pang,\u00a0Attosecond pulse retrieval from noisy streaking traces with conditional variational generative network<\/em>, Scientific Reports, (2020), 43583<\/li>
  14. Z. Zhu, Y. Sun, J. White, Z. Chang, and S. Pang,\u00a0Signal retrieval with measurement system knowledge using variational generative model<\/em>, IEEE Access, 8(1), (2020), pp. 47963-47972<\/li>
  15. J. Ulseth, Z. Zhu, Y. Sun, and S. Pang,\u00a0Accelerated x-ray diffraction (tensor) tomography simulation using OptiX GPU ray-tracing engine<\/em>, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 66(12), (2020), pp. 2347-2354<\/li>
  16. J. Zhao, Y. Sun, H. Zhu, Z. Zhu, J.E. Antonio-Lopez, R. Amezcua-Correa, S. Pang, and A. Sch\u00fclzgen,\u00a0Deep-learning cell imaging through Anderson localizing optical fiber<\/em>, Advanced Photonics, 1(6), (2019), 066001<\/li>
  17. Z. Zhu, H.-H. Huang, and S. Pang,\u00a0Photon allocation strategy in region-of-interest tomographic imaging<\/em>, IEEE Transactions on Computational Imaging, 6,(2019), 125-137<\/li>
  18. J. Zhao, M. Peysokhan, J. Antonio-Lopez, Y. Sun, B. Abaie, A. Mafi, R. Amezcua-Correa, S. Pang, and A. Sch\u00fclzgen,\u00a0A path to high-quality imaging through disordered optical fibers: a review<\/em>, Applied Optics 58(13), (2019) D50-D6064(2)<\/li>
  19. Z. Zhu, A. Katsevich, and S. Pang,\u00a0Interior x-ray diffraction tomography with low-resolution exterior information<\/em>, Phys. Med. Biol. 64(2), (2019), 025009<\/li>
  20. Z. Zhu and S. Pang,\u00a0Few-photon computed x-ray imaging<\/em>, Applied Physics Letters 113(23), (2018), 231109<\/li>
  21. J. Zhao*, Y. Sun*, Z. Zhu, J. Antonio-Lopez, R. Amezcua-Correa, S. Pang, and A. Sch\u00fclzgen,\u00a0Deep learning imaging through fully-flexible glass-air disordered fiber<\/em>, ACS Photonics 5(10), (2018), 3930-3935.\u00a0Physics World Article<\/a><\/li>
  22. Z. Zhu, R. Ellis and S. Pang,\u00a0Coded cone-beam X-ray diffraction tomography with a low-brilliance table-top source<\/em>, Optica 5(6), (2018), 733-738<\/li>
  23. Z. Zhu and S. Pang,\u00a0Full reciprocal space X-ray coherent scattering tomography of two-dimensional object<\/em>, Medical Physics 45(4), (2018), 1654<\/li>
  24. J. Zhao, J. E. Antonio, Z. Zhu, D. Zheng, S. Pang, R. Amezcua, A. Sch\u00fclzgen,\u00a0Image transport through meter-long randomly disordered silica-air optical fiber<\/em>, Scientific Reports 8, (2018), 3065<\/li>
  25. Z. Zhu, A. Katsevich, A. Kadapia, J. Greenberg, and S. Pang,\u00a0X-ray diffraction tomography with limited projection information<\/em>, Scientific Reports 8, (2018), 522<\/li>
  26. G. Liu, Y. Lee, Y. Huang, Z. Zhu, G. Tan, M. Cai, P. Li, D. Wang, Y. Li, S. Pang, C. Tu, S.T. Wu, and H. Wang,\u00a0Dielectric broadband meta-vector-polarizers based on nematic liquid crystal<\/em>, APL Photonics 2(12), (2017), 18182<\/li>
  27. J. Tang, Y. Sun, S. Pang, and K. Han,\u00a0Spatially encoded fast single-molecule fluorescence spectroscopy with full field-of-view<\/em>, Scientific Reports 7,(2017), 10945<\/li>
  28. Y. Sun, X. Yuan and S. Pang,\u00a0Compressive high-speed stereo imaging<\/em>, Optics Express 25(15), (2017), 18182<\/li>
  29. X. Yuan, Y. Sun and S. Pang,\u00a0Compressive video sensing with side information<\/em>, Applied Optics 56(10), (2017), 2697<\/li>
  30. Y. Sun, X. Yuan, and S. Pang,\u00a0High-speed compressive range imaging based on active illumination<\/em>, Optics Express 24(20), (2016), 22836<\/li>
  31. Y. Sun and S. Pang,\u00a0Fluorescence Talbot microscope using incoherent source<\/em>, Journal of Biomedical Optics 21(8),(2016),086003<\/li>
  32. S. Pang, Z. Zhu, G. Wang, and W. Cong,\u00a0Small angle scatter tomography with a photon counting detector array<\/em>, Physics in Medicine and Biology 61(10), (2016), 3734-3748<\/li>
  33. X. Yuan and S. Pang,\u00a0Structured illumination temporal compressive microscopy<\/em>, Biomedical Optics Express 7(3), (2016), 746-758<\/li>
  34. Y. Sun and S. Pang,\u00a0Multi-perspective scanning microscope based on Talbot effect<\/em>, Applied Physics Letters 108, (2016), 021102.\u00a0SPIE Newsroom Article<\/a><\/li>
  35. Y. Sun, W. Cong, Y. Xi, G. Wang, and S. Pang,\u00a0Talbot interferometry with curved quasi-periodic gratings: towards large field of view X-ray phase-contrast imaging<\/em>, Optics Express 23(20), (2015), 26576-26585<\/li>
  36. M. Kim, M. Pan, Y. Gai, S. Pang, C. Han, C. Yang, and S. K. Tang,\u00a0Optofluidic ultrahigh-throughput detection of fluorescent drops<\/em>, Lab on a Chip, 15, (2015), 1417-1423<\/li>
  37. S. Pang, M. Hassan, J. Greenberg, A. Holmgren,K. Krishnamurthy,D. Brady,\u00a0Complementary coded apertures for 4-dimensional x-ray coherent scatter imaging<\/em>, Optics Express 22 (19), (2014), 22925<\/li>
  38. S. Pang, C. Han, J. Erath, A. Rodriguez and C. Yang,\u00a0Wide field-of-view Talbot-grid-based Microscopy for Multicolor Fluorescence Imaging<\/em>, Optics Express 21 (12), (2013), 14555<\/li>
  39. C. Han, S. Pang, D. V. Bower, C. Yang,\u00a0Wide Field-of-view On-chip Talbot Fluorescence Microscopy for Longitudinal Cell Culture Monitoring from within the Incubator<\/em>, Analytical Chemistry 85 (4), (2013), 2356-2360<\/li>
  40. S. Pang, C. Han, M. Kato, P. W. Sternberg, C. Yang,\u00a0Wide and Scalable Field-of-View Talbot-grid-based Fluorescence Microscopy<\/em>, Optics Letters, 37 (23), (2012), 5018<\/li>
  41. S. Pang, C. Han, L. M. Lee, C. Yang,\u00a0Fluorescence microscopy imaging with a Fresnel zone plate array based optofluidic microscope<\/em>, Lab on a Chip, 11, (2011), 3698<\/li>
  42. S. Pang, X. Cui, J. Demodena, Y. M. Wang, P. W. Sternberg, C. Yang,\u00a0Implementation of a color-capable Opto-\ufb02uidic Microscope on a RGB CMOS color sensor chip substrate\u00a0<\/em>, Lab on a Chip, 10, (2010), 411<\/li>
  43. S. Pang, A.T. Yeh, C. Wang, and K.E. Meissner,\u00a0Two-photon absorption (and excited fluorescence) using ultrashort laser pulse<\/em>, Journal of Biomedical Optics, 14 (5), (2009), 054041<\/li>
  44. S. Pang, R. Beckham, and K.E. Meissner,\u00a0Quantum dot-embedded microspheres for remote refractive index sensing<\/em>, Applied Physics Letters, 92 (22), (2008), 221108<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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    2. S. Pang, A. Sch\u00fclzgen,\u00a0Optics at CREOL: Introduction to the feature issue<\/em>, Applied Optics: Institute Focused Issue 58(13),(2019) UCF-1<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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