Signal-to-noise properties of correlation plenoptic imaging with chaotic light

Year: 2019

Authors: Scala G., D’Angelo M., Garuccio A., Pascazio, S., Pepe FV.

Autors Affiliation: Univ Bari, Dipartimento Interateneo Fis, I-70126 Bari, Italy; INFN, Sez Bari, I-70125 Bari, Italy; CNR, INO, I-50125 Florence, Italy.

Abstract: Correlation plenoptic imaging (CPI) is an imaging technique that exploits the correlations between the intensity fluctuations of light to perform the typical tasks of plenoptic imaging (namely, refocusing out-of-focus parts of the scene, extending the depth of field, and performing three-dimensional reconstruction) without entailing a loss of spatial resolution. Here, we consider two different CPI schemes based on chaotic light, both employing ghost imaging: the first one to image the object, the second one to image the focusing element. We characterize their noise properties in terms of the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and compare their performances. We find that the SNR can be significantly easier to control in the second CPI scheme involving standard imaging of the object; under adequate conditions, this scheme enables the number of frames for achieving the same SNR to be reduced by 1 order of magnitude.

Journal/Review: PHYSICAL REVIEW A

Volume: 99 (5)      Pages from: 053808-1  to: 053808-11

More Information: M.D., A.G., and F.V.P. are supported by Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) through the project “PICS.” M.D., A.G., S.P., and G.S. are supported by Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) through the project “QUANTUM.´ A.G. and M.D. are supported by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR) through project PON Ricerca e Innovazione ARS01_00141.
KeyWords: QUANTUM; MICROSCOPY
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.99.053808

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Citations: 24
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