학술논문

Multimode Fiber Speckle Imaging Using Integrated Optical Phased Array and Wavelength Scanning
Document Type
Periodical
Source
Journal of Lightwave Technology J. Lightwave Technol. Lightwave Technology, Journal of. 42(9):3385-3392 May, 2024
Subject
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Photonics and Electrooptics
Speckle
Image reconstruction
Optical fiber dispersion
Lighting
Optical imaging
Adaptive optics
Spatial resolution
Multimode fiber imaging
optical phased array
photonic integrated circuits
Language
ISSN
0733-8724
1558-2213
Abstract
The silicon optical phased array has emerged as a promising approach for speckle imaging through multimode fibers. High spatial resolution typically requires a large number of phase channels. In this paper, we propose and demonstrate a high-resolution wavelength-scanning multimode fiber imaging system, enabled by an integrated optical phased array with only 8 phase shifters. By scanning 50 different wavelengths within a 10-nm span, the number of linearly independent speckle patterns is significantly increased from 57 to 3000, ensuring high spatial resolution imaging. The speckle imaging model is modified for use with the wavelength-scanning system, and an algorithm based on particle swarm optimization is proposed for the automatic multiwavelength compensation. Two algorithms are used for image reconstruction. The pseudo-inverse method is computationally efficient and suitable for real-time imaging, while the iterative algorithm based on total-variation regularization can provide better image quality. An equivalent spatial resolution of 1.75 μm is experimentally achieved with a field of view diameter of 105 μm. The number of resolvable points is estimated to be ∼3000, which is two orders of magnitude greater than the number of phase shifters.