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    Area of Science:

    • Optics and Photonics
    • Computational Imaging
    • Signal Processing

    Background:

    • Traditional diffractive imaging often requires complex optical setups and multiple detectors.
    • Compressive sensing (CS) offers efficient data acquisition for signal reconstruction.
    • Phase retrieval is crucial for reconstructing complex-valued objects from intensity measurements.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop a simplified diffractive imaging method using minimal hardware.
    • To integrate compressive sensing and phase retrieval for robust object reconstruction.
    • To demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed technique through experimental validation.

    Main Methods:

    • Illuminating a complex-amplitude object with randomly structured coherent light patterns sequentially.
    • Measuring the intensity of each propagating field with a single photodetector.
    • Reconstructing the object's complex field using an integrated CS and phase retrieval algorithm.

    Main Results:

    • Successful reconstruction of complex-valued objects was achieved.
    • The method demonstrated effective utilization of a single photodetector.
    • Experimental validation confirmed the proposed imaging approach.

    Conclusions:

    • The proposed method offers a hardware-efficient approach to diffractive imaging.
    • Integration of CS and phase retrieval enables accurate reconstruction without reference light or imaging optics.
    • This technique holds potential for various applications in optical metrology and imaging.