Unsighted deconvolution ghost imaging

Abstract: Ghost imaging (GI) is an unconventional imaging method that retrieves the image of an object by correlating a series of known illumination patterns with the total reflected (or transmitted) intensity. We here demonstrate a scheme which can remove the basic requirement of knowing the incident patterns on the object, enabling GI to non-invasively image objects through turbid media. As an experimental proof, we project a set of patterns towards an object hidden inside turbid media that scramble the illumination, making the patterns falling on the object completely unknown. We theoretically prove that the spatial frequency of the object is preserved in the measurement of GI, even though the spatial information of both the object and the illumination is lost. The image is then reconstructed with phase retrieval algorithms.