Welcome to Chris Xu Group
Our research has two main thrusts: biomedical imaging and fiber optics. We are exploring new concept and techniques, including novel ultrafast lasers and fiber optics, adaptive optics, and computation/ML, for imaging deep and fast.
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Latest News
New adaptive excitation source for multiphoton imaging is published in Nature Methods (12/02/2019)
An adaptive excitation source for...
Three-photon imaging of mouse brain structure and function through the intact skull is published in Nature Methods (09/10/2018)
Three-photon imaging of mouse...
Live-cell imaging: Deeper, faster, wider (03/30/2018)
TECHNOLOGY FEATURE / Science...
Top neuroscientists to speak at Cornell Neurotech symposium (09/22/2017)
The second annual Cornell...
$9M NSF grant will create neurotech research hub at Cornell (08/01/2017)
Engineers and biologists will...
3-photon imaging of mouse brain activity is published in Nature Methods (2/20/2017)
In vivo three-photon imaging of...
Tianyu Wang won the JenLab Young Investigator Award at Photonics West 2017 (01/30/2017).
Tianyu Wang won the JenLab Young...
Most Cited Paper in JOSA B
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Latest Publications
Measurement of three-photon excitation cross-sections of fluorescein from 1154 nm to 1500 nm
Aaron K. LaViolette, Dimitre G....
Whole-brain optical access in a small adult vertebrate with two- and three-photon microscopy
NajvaAkbari, Rose L.Tatarsky,...
Roadmap on Wavefront Shaping and deep imaging in complex media
“Roadmap on Wavefront...
Three-Photon Adaptive Optics for Mouse Brain Imaging
David Sinefeld, Fei Xia, Mengran...
Neurophotonic tools for microscopic measurements and manipulation: status report
Neurophotonic tools for...
Intravital three-photon microscopy allows visualization over the entire depth of mouse lymph nodes
Kibaek Choe, Yusaku Hontani,...
Latest Patents
Multi-wavelength pulse generator using time-lens compression
US 7,483,635 Multi-wavelength...
Performance monitoring in an optical communication system
US 7,460,785 Performance...
Modulation phase shift to compensate for optical passband shift
US 7,403,718 Modulation phase...
Dynamic measurement of and compensation for impairments to optical data communication pulses
US7,206,522 Dynamic measurement...
Nonlinear phase-shift compensation method and apparatus
US7,062,176 Nonlinear phase-shift...
Dynamic Measurement of and Compensation for Impairments to Optical Data Communication Pulses Using Photon-Counting Silicon Avalanche Photodiode
Knox, W. H., J. M. Roth, and C....