• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 10, Issue 11, 2471 (2022)
Wei Li1, Bingjian Wang2, Tengfei Wu3, Feihu Xu4, and Xiaopeng Shao1、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Optoelectronic Engineering, Xidian University, Xi’an 710071, China
  • 2School of Physics, Xidian University, Xi’an 710071, China
  • 3Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, ENS–Université PSL, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, College de France, F-75005 Paris, France
  • 4Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale and School of Physical Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.466065 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Wei Li, Bingjian Wang, Tengfei Wu, Feihu Xu, Xiaopeng Shao. Lensless imaging through thin scattering layers under broadband illumination[J]. Photonics Research, 2022, 10(11): 2471 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Lensless scattering imaging is a prospective approach to microscopy in which a high-resolution image of an object is reconstructed from one or more measured speckle patterns, thus providing a solution in situations where the use of imaging optics is not possible. However, current lensless scattering imaging methods are typically limited by the need for a light source with a narrowband spectrum. Here, we propose two general approaches that enable single-shot lensless scattering imaging under broadband illumination in both noninvasive [without point spread function (PSF) calibration] and invasive (with PSF calibration) modes. The first noninvasive approach is based on a numerical refinement of the broadband pattern in the cepstrum incorporated with a modified phase retrieval strategy. The latter invasive approach is correlation inspired and generalized within a computational optimization framework. Both approaches are experimentally verified using visible radiation with a full-width-at-half-maximum bandwidth as wide as 280 nm (Δλ/λ=44.8%) and a speckle contrast ratio as low as 0.0823. Because of its generality and ease of implementation, we expect this method to find widespread applications in ultrafast science, passive sensing, and biomedical applications.
    Wei Li, Bingjian Wang, Tengfei Wu, Feihu Xu, Xiaopeng Shao. Lensless imaging through thin scattering layers under broadband illumination[J]. Photonics Research, 2022, 10(11): 2471
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