Beyond the visible spectrum and line of sight, new trends in spectroscopy and imaging were discussed.
For spectroscopy, developments in terahertz hardware using new materials like GaAsBi and nanoplasmonic structures were expanding the range beyond visible light. Computational trends included compressive sensing and layer separation using pulse features.
Imaging was also moving beyond the line of sight using time-of-flight techniques. Multi-scattering imaging was explained where light takes multiple paths between objects and the sensor. Computational reconstruction methods were outlined to solve the inverse problem of recovering images through diffusers without a direct line of sight.
Miniaturization of hardware was making these new modalities more practical with portable spectrometers and