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Deep focusing with broadband light

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Broadband energy can be delivered to extended targets deep inside a multiple-scattering system, paving ways for using broadband, partially incoherent light in a wide range of applications, such as deep-tissue imaging, laser therapy and optogenetics.

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Fig. 1: Deep focusing to targeted areas within a scattering medium using broadband light.

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Horstmeyer, R., Kreiss, L. Deep focusing with broadband light. Nat. Photon. 18, 654–655 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41566-024-01473-4

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