Harnessing the power of coherent computational microscopy to image ultrafast nonlinear dynamics (Invited Paper)

Advances in computational imaging over the last decade have sparked a revolution in metrologies aimed at understanding nano-material, magnetic, acoustic, and most recently—systems with non-repeatable and nonlinear dynamics. The most recent advances are being led by state-of-the-art single-shot, high-dimensional multiplexed imaging systems. In this talk, I will review progress on single-shot multiplexed coherent computational imaging and provide some perspective on how the technology is poised to usher in a new revolution in high-dimensional pulse-beam metrology. Uniquely, these new metrologies will enable optimizing the spatiotemporal profile of ultrashort pulses to reach the highest intensities. The talk will conclude with progress on a computational microscope capable of recording nonlinear dynamics with femtosecond frame-periods.