Nonlinear optical field cross-correlation techniques for imaging through a strong scattering medium

Mark Bashkansky; C. L. Adler; Philip R. Battle; John F. Reintjes

doi:10.1117/12.179742

8 July 1994 Nonlinear optical field cross-correlation techniques for imaging through a strong scattering medium

Mark Bashkansky, C. L. Adler, Philip R. Battle, John F. Reintjes

Proceedings Volume 2241, Inverse Optics III; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.179742
Event: SPIE's International Symposium on Optical Engineering and Photonics in Aerospace Sensing, 1994, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

We describe a class of nonlinear optical field cross-correlation processes capable of producing a high contrast subpicosecond optical gate with long broadband laser pulses. Two of the techniques, coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering and coherently amplified Raman polarization gating, were used to produce an image of an object hidden behind a strong scattering media. We also demonstrate the capability of three-dimensional imaging using optical gating with the reflected light. The temporal resolution of these techniques is on the order of the inverse bandwidth of the laser.

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Mark Bashkansky, C. L. Adler, Philip R. Battle, and John F. Reintjes "Nonlinear optical field cross-correlation techniques for imaging through a strong scattering medium", Proc. SPIE 2241, Inverse Optics III, (8 July 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.179742

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