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Coherent Enhancement of Optical Remission in Diffusive Media
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
  • Nicholas Bender
  • Arthur Goetschy
  • Chia Wei Hsu
  • Hasan Yılmaz
  • Pablo Jara Palacios
  • Alexey Yamilov, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Hui Cao
Abstract

Remitted waves are used for sensing and imaging in diverse diffusive media from the Earth's crust to the human brain. Separating the source and detector increases the penetration depth of light, but the signal strength decreases rapidly, leading to a poor signal-to-noise ratio. Here, we show, experimentally and numerically, that wavefront shaping a laser beam incident on a diffusive sample enables an enhancement of remission by an order of magnitude at depths of up to 10 transport mean free paths. We develop a theoretical model which predicts the maximal remission enhancement. Our analysis reveals a significant improvement in the sensitivity of remitted waves to local changes of absorption deep inside diffusive media. This work illustrates the potential of coherent wavefront control for noninvasive diffuse wave imaging applications, such as diffuse optical tomography and functional near-infrared spectroscopy.

Department(s)
Physics
Comments

National Science Foundation, Grant ANR-10-IDEX-0001-02 PSL*

Keywords and Phrases
  • coherent control,
  • remission,
  • wave diffusion,
  • wavefront shaping
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Final Version
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2023 National Academy of Sciences, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
10-11-2022
Publication Date
11 Oct 2022
PubMed ID
36191199
Disciplines
Citation Information
Nicholas Bender, Arthur Goetschy, Chia Wei Hsu, Hasan Yılmaz, et al.. "Coherent Enhancement of Optical Remission in Diffusive Media" Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Vol. 119 Iss. 41 (2022) ISSN: 1091-6490; 0027-8424
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/alexey-yamilov/131/