Programmable Multiwavelength Achromatic Focusing and Imaging Through Scattering Media

Optical imaging and focusing through complex samples is a challenge with important applications in many fields. The critical problem is that turbid media such as biological tissue and multimode optical fibers randomly scatter and diffuse light, preventing the formation of diffraction-limited focus a...

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Main Authors: Jietao Liu, Jiannan Wang, Wei Li, Xueying Sun, Lei Zhu, Chengfei Guo, Xiaopeng Shao
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Published: IEEE 2018-01-01
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8444728/
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Jiannan Wang
Wei Li
Xueying Sun
Lei Zhu
Chengfei Guo
Xiaopeng Shao
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description Optical imaging and focusing through complex samples is a challenge with important applications in many fields. The critical problem is that turbid media such as biological tissue and multimode optical fibers randomly scatter and diffuse light, preventing the formation of diffraction-limited focus and image. We demonstrate with numerical simulations that a multiple scattering can be controlled via a serial optical transmission matrix and a parallel optical transmission matrix in order to obtain an achromatic focus and image at an arbitrary position. Simulation results of three-dimensional achromatic focusing and imaging based on this approach are agreed with the theoretical analysis. A scattering diffuser can be used as functional optical elements for focusing and imaging, moreover it can be manipulated and designed for multifunctional optical elements beyond traditional design. Our method will pave a way for using scattering media as unique optical achromatic elements for various applications, as well as for guiding the light and tailoring the light field.
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spelling doaj-art-de4e1ada89d24357b7a0f144b2f238372025-08-20T03:32:57ZengIEEEIEEE Photonics Journal1943-06552018-01-0110511110.1109/JPHOT.2018.28655188444728Programmable Multiwavelength Achromatic Focusing and Imaging Through Scattering MediaJietao Liu0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1156-9775Jiannan Wang1Wei Li2Xueying Sun3Lei Zhu4Chengfei Guo5Xiaopeng Shao6School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Xidian University, Xi'an, ChinaSchool of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Xidian University, Xi'an, ChinaSchool of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Xidian University, Xi'an, ChinaSchool of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Xidian University, Xi'an, ChinaSchool of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Xidian University, Xi'an, ChinaSchool of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Xidian University, Xi'an, ChinaSchool of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Xidian University, Xi'an, ChinaOptical imaging and focusing through complex samples is a challenge with important applications in many fields. The critical problem is that turbid media such as biological tissue and multimode optical fibers randomly scatter and diffuse light, preventing the formation of diffraction-limited focus and image. We demonstrate with numerical simulations that a multiple scattering can be controlled via a serial optical transmission matrix and a parallel optical transmission matrix in order to obtain an achromatic focus and image at an arbitrary position. Simulation results of three-dimensional achromatic focusing and imaging based on this approach are agreed with the theoretical analysis. A scattering diffuser can be used as functional optical elements for focusing and imaging, moreover it can be manipulated and designed for multifunctional optical elements beyond traditional design. Our method will pave a way for using scattering media as unique optical achromatic elements for various applications, as well as for guiding the light and tailoring the light field.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8444728/Wavefront controloptical achromatic elementmultiple scatteringscattering mediatransmission matrix.
spellingShingle Jietao Liu
Jiannan Wang
Wei Li
Xueying Sun
Lei Zhu
Chengfei Guo
Xiaopeng Shao
Programmable Multiwavelength Achromatic Focusing and Imaging Through Scattering Media
IEEE Photonics Journal
Wavefront control
optical achromatic element
multiple scattering
scattering media
transmission matrix.
title Programmable Multiwavelength Achromatic Focusing and Imaging Through Scattering Media
title_full Programmable Multiwavelength Achromatic Focusing and Imaging Through Scattering Media
title_fullStr Programmable Multiwavelength Achromatic Focusing and Imaging Through Scattering Media
title_full_unstemmed Programmable Multiwavelength Achromatic Focusing and Imaging Through Scattering Media
title_short Programmable Multiwavelength Achromatic Focusing and Imaging Through Scattering Media
title_sort programmable multiwavelength achromatic focusing and imaging through scattering media
topic Wavefront control
optical achromatic element
multiple scattering
scattering media
transmission matrix.
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8444728/
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