Time multiplexing super-resolved imaging without a priori knowledge of the spatial distribution of the encoding structured illumination

Opt Express. 2021 Feb 15;29(4):5798-5807. doi: 10.1364/OE.411016.

Abstract

Time multiplexing is a super-resolution technique that sacrifices time to overcome the resolution reduction obtained because of diffraction. There are many super resolution methods based on time multiplexing, but all of them require a priori knowledge of the time changing encoding mask, which is projected on the object and used to encode and decode the high-resolution information. In this paper, we present a time multiplexing technique that does not require the a priori knowledge on the projected encoding mask. First, the theoretical concept of the technique is demonstrated; then, numerical simulations and experimental results are presented.