-----------------------------------------------  Year of 2025, 13 papers  ----------------------------------------------

Yuzhe Du, Qiaofeng Tan, Liangcai Cao, Snapshot extended depth-of-field microscopy via diffractive optical elements, Optics and Lasers in Engineering 195, 109378 (2025).

Shuhe Zhang and Liangcai Cao, "Whole-field, high-resolution Fourier ptychography with neural pupil engineering," Optica 12, 1615-1624, (2025).

Yating Chen, Feng Huang and Liangcai Cao, "Aperture Array-Based Self-Supervised Hyperspectral Super-Resolution Imaging," in IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 63, pp. 1-17, (2025).

Churan Han, Liangcai Cao, Dun Liu, Hao Tu and Qiaofeng Tan, "High uniformity flattop beam shape correction with complex amplitude aberration of the incidence," Optics and Lasers in Engineering 195, 109275 (2025).

Ninghe Liu, Kexuan Liu, Yixin Yang, Yifan Peng and Liangcai Cao, "Propagation-adaptive 4K computer-generated holography using physics-constrained spatial and Fourier neural operator," Nature Communications 16, 7761 (2025).

Yixin Yang, Kexuan Liu, Yunhui Gao, Gen Wang and Liangcai Cao, "Advancements and challenges in inverse lithography technology: a review of artificial intelligence-based approaches,"  Light: Science & Applications 14, 250 (2025).

Shuhe Zhang, Jiayun Li and Liangcai Cao, "Latent-wavefront Fourier ptychography for stained tissue microscopy," Photonics Research (2025).

Shuowen Li and Liangcai Cao, "Multidimensional crosstalk analysis in autostereoscopic displays: integrating subjective and objective evaluations for image quality assessment," Optics Express 33, 16911-16924 (2025).

Jing Yu, Rongguang Wang, Xiaoli Liu, Jun Tong, Jiangtao Xi, Qijian Tang, Jiachen Wu, and Liangcai Cao, "Accuracy improvements of near-field photometric stereo via light source calibration," Optics Express 33, 14207-14220 (2025).

Xinyu Liu, Chang Wang, Yang Zhang, Qiangbo Zhang, Qiuyu Yue, Zhenrong Zheng, and Liang Cai Cao, "DMD-based reflective compressive spectral imaging system coupled with transformer-based reconstruction method," Opt. Lett. 50, 2362-2365 (2025).

Shuhe Zhang, An Pan, Hongbo Sun, Yidong Tan, and Liangcai Cao, "High-Fidelity Computational Microscopy via Feature-Domain Phase Retrieval," Advanced Science 2413975 (2025).

Yiqian Yang, Liangcai Cao, Yidong Tan, and Hongbo Sun, "Steady optical vortex beam enables extended depth of focus and robust data transmission in turbulence," Optics and Lasers in Engineering 188, 108889 (2025).

Hongyuan Wang, Zehao He, Rui Min, Jiangen Pan, and Liangcai Cao, "Near-field luminous intensity distribution measurement with ex situ error correction," Applied Optics 64, B118-B124(2025).

------------------------------------------------Year of 2024, 14 papers   --------------------------------------------Kexuan Liu, Jiachen Wu, and Liangcai Cao, "High-quality and high-speed computer-generated holography via deep-learning-assisted bidirectional error diffusion method," Optics Express 32(21), 37342-37354 (2024).

Shuowen Li, Yunhui Gao, Jiachen Wu, and Liangcai Cao, "Blind deblurring of astronomical images using a SCGTV-based single-frame method," Optics Express 32, 35579-35593 (2024).

Lian Zhang, Lingxue Wang, Yuzhen Wu, Mingkun Chen, Dezhi Zheng, Liangcai Cao, Bangze Zeng, and Yi Cai, "UniRTL: A universal RGBT and low-light benchmark for object tracking," Pattern Recognition 158, 110984 (2025).

Zhengzhong Huang, Zhe Wang, Daniele Pirone, Vittorio Bianco, Lisa Miccio, Pasquale Memmolo, Liangcai Cao, and Pietro Ferraro, "Rapid flowing cells localization enabled by spatiotemporal manipulation of their holographic patterns," APL Bioengineering 8(2024).

Danlin Xu, Yuchen Ma, Guofan Jin, Liangcai Cao, "Intelligent photonics: a disruptive technology to shape the present and redefine the future," Engineering (2024).

Xiangmiao Jia, Yumei Li, Huarong Gu, Hongyuan Wang, and Liangcai Cao, "Improved multi-input parameter optimization method for camera colorimetric characterization," Journal of the Optical Society of America A 41, 1601-1610 (2024).

Joseph Rosen, Simon Alford, Blake Allan et al. "Roadmap on computational methods in optical imaging and holography," Applied Physics B 130, 166 (2024).

Jinwen Wei, Youhai Liu, Jiachen Wu, and Liangcai Cao, "Thin and lightweight camera based on Pancake lens and deep learning," Optics Letters 49, 4851-4854 (2024).

Xiaomeng Sui, Zehao He, Daping Chu, and Liangcai Cao, "Non-convex optimization for inverse problem solving in computer-generated holography," Light: Science & Applications 13, 158 (2024).

Zhengzhong Huang and Liangcai Cao, "Quantitative phase imaging based on holography: trends and new perspectives," Light: Science & Applications 13, 145 (2024).

Qinhua Wang, Jianshe Ma, Liangcai Cao, and Ping Su, "High-resolution portable lens-free on-chip microscopy with RGB LED via pinhole array," Chinese Optics Letters 22, 021101 (2024).

Yongwei Yao, Yaping Zhang, Qingyang Fu, Jilu Duan, Bing Zhang, Liangcai Cao, and Ting-chung Poon, "Adaptive layer-based computer-generated holograms," Optics Letters 49, 1481-1484 (2024).

Yunhui Gao and Liangcai Cao, "Motion-resolved, reference-free holographic imaging via spatiotemporally regularized inversion," Optica 11, 32-41 (2024).

Giancarlo Pedrini, Rujia Li, Liangcai Cao, and Stephan Reichelt, "Lensless imaging in one shot using the complex degree of coherence obtained by multiaperture interferences," Optics Letters 49, 718-721 (2024).

--------------------------------------------   Year of 2023, 22 papers   ---------------------------------------------Qiang Zhang, Zehao He, Zhenwei Xie, Qiaofeng Tan, Yunlong Sheng, Guofan Jin, Liangcai Cao, Xiaocong Yuan, "Diffractive optical elements 75 years on: from micro-optics to metasurfaces," Photonics Insights 2, R09 (2023).

Yixin Yang, Yunhui Gao, Kexuan Liu, Zehao He, and Liangcai Cao, "Contactless human–computer interaction system based on three-dimensional holographic display and gesture recognition," Applied Physics B 129, 192 (2023).

Yiqian Yang and Liangcai Cao, "Quantum hyper-entangled system with multiple qubits based on spontaneous parametric down-conversion and birefringence effect," Optical and Quantum Electronics 56, 12 (2024).

Yiqian Yang, Andrew Forbes, and Liangcai Cao, "A review of liquid crystal spatial light modulators: devices and applications," Opto-Electronic Science 2(8), 230026 (2023).

Ninghe Liu, Zhengzhong Huang, Zehao He, and Liangcai Cao, "DGE-CNN: 2D-to-3D holographic display based on a depth gradient extracting module and ZCNN network," Optics Express 31, 23867-23876 (2023).

Xiaomeng Sui, Weijie Wu, Mike Pivnenko, Daping Chu, and Liangcai Cao, "Polarimetric calibrated robust dual-SLM complex-amplitude computer-generated holography," Optics Letters 48, 3625-3628 (2023).

Lina Li, Jianshe Ma, Da Sun, Zhanquan Tian, Liangcai Cao, and Ping Su, "Amp-vortex edge-camera: a lensless multi-modality imaging system with edge enhancement," Optics Express 31, 22519-22531 (2023).

Danlin Xu, Zhengzhong Huang, and Liangcai Cao, "Adaptive constraints by morphological operations for single-shot digital holography," Scientific Reports 13, 10267 (2023).

Yuchen Ma, Yunhui Gao, Jiachen Wu, and Liangcai Cao, "Toward a see-through camera via AR lightguide," Optics Letters 48, 2809-2812 (2023).

Yiqian Yang, Xingwang Kang, and Liangcai Cao, "Robust propagation of a steady optical beam through turbulence with extended depth of focus based on spatial light modulator," Journal of Physics: Photonics 5, 035002 (2023).

Xiaoting Wang, Zehao He, and Liangcai Cao, "Analysis of reconstruction quality for computer-generated holograms using a model free of circular-convolution error," Optics Express 31, 19021-19035 (2023).

Fangyu Liu, Jiachen Wu, Liangcai Cao, "Autofocusing of Fresnel zone aperture lensless imaging for QR code recognition," Optics Express 31, 15889 (2023).

Fei Liang, Junwen Zhu, Huichao Chai, Yongxiang Feng, Peng Zhao, Shaofeng Liu, Yuanmu Yang, Linhan Lin, Liangcai Cao, and Wenhui Wang, "Non-invasive and minute-frequency 3D tomographic imaging enabling long-term spatiotemporal observation of single cell fate," Small Methods, 2201492 (2023).

Zhengzhong Huang and Liangcai Cao, "Phase aberration separation for holographic microscopy by alternating direction sparse optimization," Optics Express 31, 12520-12533 (2023).

Ni Chen, Liangcai Cao, Ting-Chung Poon, Byoungho Lee, Edmund Y. Lam, “Differentiable imaging: a new tool for computational optical imaging,” Advanced Physics Research (2023).

Yunhui Gao and Liangcai Cao, “Iterative projection meets sparsity regularization: towards practical single-shot quantitative phase imaging with in-line holography,” Light: Advanced Manufacturing 4, 6 (2023).

Feng Yang, Jiachen Wu, Yunhui Gao, Hangying Zhang, Zhengzhong Huang, and Liangcai Cao, “A four-aperture super-resolution camera based on adaptive regularization parameter tuning,” Optics and Lasers in Engineering 165, 107562 (2023).

Zicheng Shen, Feng Zhao, Chunqi Jin, Shuai Wang, Liangcai Cao, and Yuanmu Yang, “Monocular metasurface camera for passive single-shot 4D imaging,” Nature Communications 14, 1035 (2023).

Yiyi Zhang, Zhengzhong Huang, Shangzhong Jin, and Liangcai Cao, “Hough transform-based multi-object autofocusing compressive holography,” Applied Optics 62, D23-D30 (2023).

Kexuan Liu, Jiachen Wu, Zehao He, and Liangcai Cao, “4K-DMDNet: diffraction model-driven network for 4K computer-generated holography,” Opto-Electronic Advances 6, 220135 (2023).

Zhengzhong Huang, Feng Yang, Bo Liu, Yan Liu, and Liangcai Cao, “Aberration-free synthetic aperture phase microscopy based on alternating direction method,” Optics and Lasers in Engineering 160, 107301 (2023).

Lidan He, Kexuan Liu, Zehao He, and Liangcai Cao, “Three-dimensional holographic communication system for the metaverse,” Optics Communications 526, 128894 (2023).