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Transmission of Multiple Signals through an Optical Fiber Using Wavefront Shaping

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Published on: March 20, 2017

Memory effect assisted imaging through multimode optical fibres.

Shuhui Li^1,2, Simon A R Horsley³, Tomáš Tyc^4,5

¹Physics and Astronomy, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK. shli@hust.edu.cn.

Nature Communications

|June 19, 2021

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Researchers developed a general framework to recover scrambled light information using optical memory effects and wavefront shaping. This enables guide-star assisted imaging in complex systems like multimode fibers for applications in micro-endoscopy and optical communications.

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Area of Science:

Optics and Photonics
Wave Phenomena
Biomedical Imaging

Background:

Light scattering in opaque materials scrambles spatial information, hindering imaging.
Existing methods for information recovery include optical memory effects and transmission matrix (TM) approaches.
A unified framework for understanding memory effects in diverse geometries is lacking.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a general framework for memory effects in arbitrary geometries.
To enable guide-star assisted imaging in scattering media.
To apply the framework to multimode fibers (MMFs) for micro-endoscopy applications.

Main Methods:

Developed a general theoretical framework for optical memory effects.
Combined wavefront shaping with guide-star feedback for TM estimation.
Applied the framework to MMFs, identifying a 'quasi-radial' memory effect.

Main Results:

Demonstrated a unified approach to estimating the transmission matrix (TM) of scattering systems.
Showcased guide-star assisted imaging feasibility across different memory effect types.
Identified a quasi-radial memory effect in MMFs, allowing TM approximation from one end.

Conclusions:

The developed framework broadens the applicability of memory effects in optics.
Guide-star assisted imaging is robust to the type of memory effect exhibited by a scatterer.
Approximating MMF TM from one end is a key advancement for micro-endoscopy and optical communication.