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Photonics Research
Vol. 11, Issue 8, 1408 (2023)

FreeformNet: fast and automatic generation of multiple-solution freeform imaging systems enabled by deep learning

Boyu Mao¹, Tong Yang^1,2,*, Huiming Xu¹, Wenchen Chen¹..., Dewen Cheng^1,3 and Yongtian Wang^1,2|Show fewer author(s)

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¹Beijing Engineering Research Center of Mixed Reality and Advanced Display, School of Optics and Photonics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China

²Beijing Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Remote Sensing Technology, School of Optics and Photonics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China

³e-mail: cdwlxk@bit.edu.cn

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