Infrared and Laser Engineering, Volume. 51, Issue 8, 20220266(2022)

Bifunctional scattering light modulation method based on phase conjugation for scattering imaging and optical illusion (invited)

Hexiang He1,2, Yongyao Li1,2、*, and Sing Wong Kam3
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Physics and Optoelectronic, Foshan University, Foshan 528225, China
  • 2Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Joint Laboratory for Intelligent Micro-Nano Optoelectronic Technology, Foshan 528225, China
  • 3Department of Physics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
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    Principle of bifunctional scattering light modulation method applied on (a) scattering imaging and (b) optical illusion
    Experimental setup of scattering light modulation. (a) Schematic diagram of the experiment; (b) Picture of the experimental system
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    Directly imaging results of the whole system when there is no scattering medium on the imaging pathway. (a)-(c) Objects uploaded on DMD (letters of “F”, “S”, “U” respectively); (d)-(f) Directly imaging results corresponding to (a)-(c), respectively
    Imaging through a thin scattering layer with phase conjugation. (a) Imaging reuslt of object "F" (inset) with scattering medium; (b) Speckle patterns of a pinhole (subset) through scattering medium; (c) A random binary phase mask for phase retrieval; (d) Speckle patterns corresponding torandom binary phase mask; (e) Iteration curve; Amplitude (f) and phase (g) of the phase retrieval result; (h) Quadratic phase distribution; (i) Modulation phase for scattering imaging; (j) Scattering imaging result of the point source; (k)-(o) Scattering imaging results of letters "F", "S", "U" and pattern of "Swan", "Running man"
    Optical illusion using scattering light modulation. (a) Illusion target; (b) GS algorithm iteration curve; (c) Phase of GS algorithm; (d) A object of "F" (Subgraph: Speckle pattern without modulation); (e) and (f) Amplitude and phase of the scattering wavefront; (g) Modulation phase for optical illusion turning "F" to "L"; (h) Illusion result; (i)-(m) and (n)-(r) The same process of (d)-(h), but optical illusion of turning "S" to "L" and "U" to "L", respectively
    Modulation phase for optical illusion depends on the object on the DMD. (a)-(c) Object of letter “F”, “S” and “U”, respectively; (d) Modulation phase pattern for optical illusion of turning “F” to “L”; (e) Illusion result when (d) is modulated the scattering light of (a); (f) Image on CCD2 when (d) is modulated the scattering light of (b); (g) Image on CCD2 when (d) is modulated the scattering light of (c)
    FOV test result of the imaging system. (a) Imaging results of the pinholes without scattering; (b) Intensity distribution of (a); (c)-(d) Results when there is scattering medium on the imaging system
    Resolution testing results of the imaging system
    • Table 1. Parameters of the imaging/illusion system and their influencing factors

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      Table 1. Parameters of the imaging/illusion system and their influencing factors

      MagnificationFOVResolution
      Imaging without scatteringValues0.63 mm38 μm
      Influencing factorsFocal length, d1, d2 and d3Size of the SLMFocal length, d1, d2 and d3
      Scattering imagingValues0.61.5 mm152 μm (theoretically 80 μm)
      Influencing factorsFocal length, d1, d2 and d3Memory effectInterference of the speckles, speckle size
      Optical illusionValues0.61.5 mm80 μm (theoretically)
      Influencing factorsFocal length, d1, d2 and d3Memory effectSpeckle size
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    Paper Information

    Category: Special issue——Scattering imaging and non-line-of-sight imaging

    Received: Apr. 20, 2022

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Jan. 9, 2023

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    DOI:10.3788/IRLA20220266

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