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Single-shot, Reference-less Computational Wavefront Sensing For Complex Optical Fields.

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Yunhui Gao^1,2, Liangcai Cao³, Din Ping Tsai^4,5,6

¹Department of Electrical Engineering and State Key Laboratory of Optical Quantum Materials, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, 999077, China.

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We developed Spatial And Fourier-domAin Regularized Inversion (SAFARI), a novel computational wavefront sensing method. This technique enables single-shot, reference-less characterization of complex optical wavefronts with high accuracy and versatility.

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Area of Science:

Optics and Photonics
Computational Imaging

Background:

Optical wavefront characterization is crucial for various scientific and industrial applications.
Current wavefront sensing methods face limitations in spatiotemporal resolution, compactness, and versatility.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce a novel computational wavefront sensing approach named Spatial And Fourier-domAin Regularized Inversion (SAFARI).
To enable single-shot, reference-less characterization of complex optical wavefronts.

Main Methods:

SAFARI leverages intrinsic physical properties like smoothness for wavefront reconstruction.
A compact, diffuser-based wavefront sensor was employed for experimental validation.

Main Results:

Demonstrated single-shot, reference-less characterization of complex wavefronts.

Successfully reconstructed wavefronts with up to 200 Zernike modes, topological charges of 150, and over 190,000 spatial modes in speckle fields.

Conclusions:

SAFARI offers high versatility and performance comparable to or exceeding state-of-the-art techniques.
The proposed method is a promising tool for advanced coherent imaging and sensing applications.