• Advanced Imaging
  • Vol. 2, Issue 1, 015001 (2025)
Xianglei Liu1,†, Patrick Kilcullen1, Youmin Wang2, Brandon Helfield3, and Jinyang Liang1,*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Laboratory of Applied Computational Imaging, Centre Énergie Matériaux Télécommunications, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université du Québec, Québec, Canada
  • 2Reality Laboratory, Meta Platforms, Redmond, USA
  • 3Department of Physics, Concordia University, Québec, Canada
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    Xianglei Liu, Patrick Kilcullen, Youmin Wang, Brandon Helfield, Jinyang Liang, "Ultrahigh-speed schlieren photography via diffraction-gated real-time mapping," Adv. Imaging 2, 015001 (2025) Copy Citation Text show less
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    Xianglei Liu, Patrick Kilcullen, Youmin Wang, Brandon Helfield, Jinyang Liang, "Ultrahigh-speed schlieren photography via diffraction-gated real-time mapping," Adv. Imaging 2, 015001 (2025)
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