Structured generalized sliced Wasserstein distance for keV X-ray polarization analysis with Gas Pixel Detector

This paper proposes a data-driven "structured generalized sliced Wasserstein distance" method using randomized neural networks to directly analyze two-dimensional polarized images from Gas Pixel Detectors, successfully determining X-ray polarization and incident angles while demonstrating high consistency with traditional statistical models.

Pengcheng Ai, Hongtao Qin, Xiangming Sun + 3 more2026-03-05🔭 astro-ph

Sub-wavelength mid-infrared imaging of locally driven photocurrents using diamond campanile probes

This paper presents a diamond-based metal-insulator-metal campanile probe that adiabatically compresses mid-infrared light into sub-wavelength volumes, enabling high-efficiency, high-resolution mapping of locally driven photocurrents in graphene and offering a robust platform for exploring low-energy carrier dynamics in atomically thin materials.

Rajasekhar Medapalli, Nathan D. Cottam, Khushboo Agarwal + 12 more2026-03-05🔬 cond-mat.mes-hall

Capacitively Coupled GaAs p-i-n/Substrate Photodetector with Ohmic Contacts on Lightly Doped n-GaAs for Hard X-Ray Imaging

This paper presents a capacitively coupled GaAs p-i-n/substrate photodetector featuring a novel multi-step annealing process for Cr/Au ohmic contacts on lightly doped n-GaAs and a leakage-reducing biasing scheme, demonstrating the ability to detect high-energy X-ray pulses with approximately 10^6 electrons per pulse as a precursor to 3D SAM APD detectors.

V. G. Harutyunyan, S. D. Zilio, M. Colja + 5 more2026-03-04🔬 cond-mat.mtrl-sci

Electric Field Resolved Image Formation in a Widefield Optical Microscope

This paper introduces an all-optical imaging modality that achieves 100-attosecond temporal and 200-nanometer spatial resolution to directly visualize the spatiotemporal evolution and vector electric field lines of light within a widefield transmission microscope, enabling the observation of ultrafast scattering dynamics and pulse broadening in MoTe2 that are inaccessible via standard simulations.

Arjun Ashoka, Juhwan Lim, Akshay Rao + 1 more2026-03-04🔬 cond-mat.mes-hall