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Awards & Achievements

2011 - OSA Fellows For contributions to three-dimensional optical systems, nanomanufacturing, and computational imaging and for fundamental studies of multidimensional fields and light structures.

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Optics
  • Quantum mechanics
  • Laser

Rafael Piestun mainly investigates Optics, Point spread function, Diffraction, Wavefront and Fourier transform. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Image processing and Optoelectronics. His Point spread function study combines topics in areas such as Optical transfer function, Position, Rotation and Photon.

His research integrates issues of Microscope, Resolution and Microscopy in his study of Position. His research in Diffraction focuses on subjects like Inverse problem, which are connected to Element, Wave field and Eigenvalues and eigenvectors. His research in Wavefront intersects with topics in Scattering, Bounded function, Special case, Focus and Ptychography.

His most cited work include:

  • Three-dimensional single-molecule fluorescence imaging beyond the diffraction limit using a double-helix point spread function (752 citations)
  • High-speed scattering medium characterization with application to focusing light through turbid media (263 citations)
  • Genetic algorithm optimization for focusing through turbid media in noisy environments (239 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His primary areas of investigation include Optics, Point spread function, Diffraction, Wavefront and Microscopy. As part of his studies on Optics, Rafael Piestun often connects relevant areas like Optoelectronics. His Optoelectronics research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Laser and Femtosecond.

The study incorporates disciplines such as Position and Photon in addition to Point spread function. His Wavefront study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Signal, Speckle pattern and Multi-mode optical fiber. The various areas that Rafael Piestun examines in his Microscopy study include Microscope, Optical transfer function, Resolution and Superresolution.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Optics (80.71%)
  • Point spread function (26.38%)
  • Diffraction (18.90%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2015-2021)?

  • Optics (80.71%)
  • Wavefront (18.90%)
  • Multi-mode optical fiber (10.24%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Optics, Wavefront, Multi-mode optical fiber, Scattering and Speckle pattern are his primary areas of study. Rafael Piestun combines subjects such as Artificial intelligence and Computer vision with his study of Optics. His Wavefront research incorporates elements of Light propagation, Signal, Single fiber and Phase modulation.

Rafael Piestun has researched Scattering in several fields, including Optical coherence tomography, Modulation, Quantum and Laser, Phase conjugation. The concepts of his Speckle pattern study are interwoven with issues in Bessel function, Beam, Operator, Diffraction and Fourier optics. Within one scientific family, Rafael Piestun focuses on topics pertaining to Multiplexing under Diffraction, and may sometimes address concerns connected to Holography.

Between 2015 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Minimally invasive multimode optical fiber microendoscope for deep brain fluorescence imaging (72 citations)
  • Adaptive wavefront shaping for controlling nonlinear multimode interactions in optical fibres (64 citations)
  • Single multimode fiber endoscope (56 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Optics
  • Quantum mechanics
  • Laser

His primary areas of study are Optics, Scattering, Wavefront, Multi-mode optical fiber and Optical fiber. His Optics research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Phase and Modulation. His studies in Modulation integrate themes in fields like Multiplexing and Diffraction.

His Wavefront study incorporates themes from Focus and Phase conjugation. His Multi-mode optical fiber study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Superposition principle, Spatial light modulator, Fiber optic sensor, Polarization-maintaining optical fiber and Nonlinear system. His Point spread function research also works with subjects such as

  • Content, Position, First light and Compensation most often made with reference to Tracking,
  • Sample that intertwine with fields like Artificial intelligence and Microscope.

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Best Publications

Three-dimensional single-molecule fluorescence imaging beyond the diffraction limit using a double-helix point spread function

Rafael Piestun;Sri Rama Prasanna Pavani;Michael A. Thompson;Julie S. Biteen.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (2009)

895 Citations

High-speed scattering medium characterization with application to focusing light through turbid media

Donald B Conkey;Antonio M Caravaca-Aguirre;Rafael Piestun.
Optics Express (2012)

328 Citations

Genetic algorithm optimization for focusing through turbid media in noisy environments

Donald B Conkey;Albert N Brown;Antonio M Caravaca-Aguirre;Rafael Piestun.
Optics Express (2012)

289 Citations

Depth from diffracted rotation.

Adam Greengard;Yoav Y. Schechner;Rafael Piestun.
Optics Letters (2006)

235 Citations

Three dimensional tracking of fluorescent microparticles using a photon-limited double-helix response system

Sri Rama Prasanna Pavani;Rafael Piestun.
Optics Express (2008)

229 Citations

High-efficiency rotating point spread functions.

Sri Rama Prasanna Pavani;Rafael Piestun.
Optics Express (2008)

222 Citations

Electromagnetic degrees of freedom of an optical system

Rafael Piestun;David A. B. Miller.
Journal of The Optical Society of America A-optics Image Science and Vision (2000)

202 Citations

Simultaneous, accurate measurement of the 3D position and orientation of single molecules

Mikael P. Backlund;Matthew D. Lew;Adam S. Backer;Steffen J. Sahl.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (2012)

180 Citations

Propagation-invariant wave fields with finite energy.

Rafael Piestun;Yoav Y. Schechner;Joseph Shamir.
Journal of The Optical Society of America A-optics Image Science and Vision (2000)

175 Citations

Real-time resilient focusing through a bending multimode fiber

Antonio M Caravaca-Aguirre;Eyal Niv;Donald B Conkey;Rafael Piestun.
Optics Express (2013)

153 Citations

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