Quantitative phase and amplitude imaging with an efficient support constraint

Opt Express. 2019 Jun 24;27(13):17993-18004. doi: 10.1364/OE.27.017993.

Abstract

High-speed quantitative phase and amplitude imaging methods have led to numerous biological discoveries. For general samples, phase retrieval from a single-diffraction pattern has been an algorithmic and experimental challenge. Here we present a quantitative phase and amplitude imaging method applying an efficient support constraint to yield a rapid algorithmic convergence due to the removal of the twin image and spatial shift ambiguities. Compared to previous complex-valued imaging, our method is lenslet-free and relies neither on assumption based on sample sparsity nor interferometric measurements. Our method provides a robust method for imaging in materials and biological science, while its rapid imaging capability will benefit the investigation of dynamical processes.

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Computer Simulation
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional*