Abstract

Wavefront distortion induced by scattering media seriously affects optical focusing. Wavefront shaping based on a transmission matrix (TM) is useful in controlling light propagation in highly scattering media. Traditional TM generally studies amplitude and phase, but the stochastic nature of the light propagation in the scattering medium also affects its polarization. Based on the binary polarization modulation, we propose a single polarization transmission matrix (SPTM) and achieve single-spot focusing through scattering media. We anticipate that the SPTM will be widely used in wavefront shaping.

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