Exploiting scattering-based point spread functions for snapshot 5D and modality-switchable lensless imaging

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Main Authors: Zheng, Ze, Liu, Baolei, Song, Jiaqi, Zhu, Muchen, Wang, Yao, Tian, Menghan, Xiong, Ying, Yang, Zhaohua, Zhong, Xiaolan, McGloin, David, Wang, Fan
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author Zheng, Ze
Liu, Baolei
Song, Jiaqi
Zhu, Muchen
Wang, Yao
Tian, Menghan
Xiong, Ying
Yang, Zhaohua
Zhong, Xiaolan
McGloin, David
Wang, Fan
author_facet Zheng, Ze
Liu, Baolei
Song, Jiaqi
Zhu, Muchen
Wang, Yao
Tian, Menghan
Xiong, Ying
Yang, Zhaohua
Zhong, Xiaolan
McGloin, David
Wang, Fan
contents Snapshot multi-dimensional imaging offers a promising alternative to traditional low-dimensional imaging techniques by enabling the simultaneous capture of spatial, spectral, polarization, and other information in a single shot for improved imaging speed and acquisition efficiency. However, existing snapshot multi-dimensional imaging systems are often hindered by their large size, complexity, and high cost, which constrain their practical applicability. In this work, we propose a compact lensless diffuser camera for snapshot multi-dimensional imaging (Diffuser-mCam), which can reconstruct five-dimensional (5-D) images from a single-shot 2D recording of speckle-like measurement under incoherent illumination. By employing both the scattering medium and the space-division multiplexing strategy to extract high-dimensional optical features, we show that the multi-dimensional data (2D intensity distribution, spectral, polarization, time) of the desired light field can be encoded into a snapshot speckle-like pattern via a diffuser, and subsequently decoded using a compressed sensing algorithm at the sampling rate of 2.5%, eliminating the need for multi-scanning processes. We further demonstrate that our method can be flexibly switched between 5D and selectively reduced-dimensional imaging, providing an efficient way of reducing computational resource demands. Our work presents a compact, cost-effective, and versatile framework for snapshot multi-dimensional imaging and opens up new opportunities for the design of novel imaging systems for applications in areas such as medical imaging, remote sensing, and autonomous systems.
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spellingShingle Exploiting scattering-based point spread functions for snapshot 5D and modality-switchable lensless imaging
Zheng, Ze
Liu, Baolei
Song, Jiaqi
Zhu, Muchen
Wang, Yao
Tian, Menghan
Xiong, Ying
Yang, Zhaohua
Zhong, Xiaolan
McGloin, David
Wang, Fan
Optics
Instrumentation and Detectors
Snapshot multi-dimensional imaging offers a promising alternative to traditional low-dimensional imaging techniques by enabling the simultaneous capture of spatial, spectral, polarization, and other information in a single shot for improved imaging speed and acquisition efficiency. However, existing snapshot multi-dimensional imaging systems are often hindered by their large size, complexity, and high cost, which constrain their practical applicability. In this work, we propose a compact lensless diffuser camera for snapshot multi-dimensional imaging (Diffuser-mCam), which can reconstruct five-dimensional (5-D) images from a single-shot 2D recording of speckle-like measurement under incoherent illumination. By employing both the scattering medium and the space-division multiplexing strategy to extract high-dimensional optical features, we show that the multi-dimensional data (2D intensity distribution, spectral, polarization, time) of the desired light field can be encoded into a snapshot speckle-like pattern via a diffuser, and subsequently decoded using a compressed sensing algorithm at the sampling rate of 2.5%, eliminating the need for multi-scanning processes. We further demonstrate that our method can be flexibly switched between 5D and selectively reduced-dimensional imaging, providing an efficient way of reducing computational resource demands. Our work presents a compact, cost-effective, and versatile framework for snapshot multi-dimensional imaging and opens up new opportunities for the design of novel imaging systems for applications in areas such as medical imaging, remote sensing, and autonomous systems.
title Exploiting scattering-based point spread functions for snapshot 5D and modality-switchable lensless imaging
topic Optics
Instrumentation and Detectors
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.13813