Open AccessQuasi-ballistic imaging through a dynamic scattering medium with optical-field averaging using Spectral-Ballistic-Imaging
Author(s) -
Er’el Granot,
Shmuel Sternklar,
Yossi Ben-Aderet,
Dan Schermann
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.14.008598
Subject(s) - optics , impulse response , physics , picosecond , impulse (physics) , scattering , temporal resolution , light scattering , laser , mathematical analysis , mathematics , quantum mechanics
We measure the sub-picosecond optical impulse response of a system consisting of a varying 1D diffusive medium and a stationary hidden object. It is shown that by averaging the temporal optical field response of a diffusive medium (as opposed to the optical intensity response) the signal-to-noise ratio of the object's reflection can be improved considerably. The Spectral-Ballistic-Imaging technique is used to reconstruct the optical-field impulse response with a 200fs temporal resolution.