Abstract
We propose and experimentally demonstrate lensless complex amplitude image retrieval through a visually opaque scattering medium from spatially fluctuating fields using intensity measurement and a phase-retrieval algorithm. The complex amplitude information of the hidden object is encoded in the form of a real and nonnegative amplitude function represented as an interference pattern. A single charge coupled device (CCD) image of the scattered light collected through a visually opaque optical diffuser contains enough information to digitally regenerate the interference pattern. Furthermore, a lensless configuration is implemented which eliminates any possible aberration effects associated with optical components, and this further has promising applications where the use of imaging optics is not feasible. Experimental results for the recovery of complex fields corresponding to optical vortices of two different topological charges are presented.
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