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Phase problems in optical imaging

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Because the phase contains more information about the field compared to the amplitude, measurement of the phase is encountered in many branches of modern science and engineering. Direct measurement of the phase is difficult in the visible regime of the electromagnetic wave. One must employ computational techniques to calculate the phase from the captured intensity. In this paper, we provide a review of our recent work on iterative phase retrieval techniques and their applications in optical imaging.

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    Guo-hai Situ & Hai-chao Wang

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Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 61377005 and 61327902) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. QYZDB-SSW-JSC002)

A preliminary version was presented at the 13th IEEE International Conference on Industrial Informatics, July 22–24, 2015, UK

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Situ, Gh., Wang, Hc. Phase problems in optical imaging. Frontiers Inf Technol Electronic Eng 18, 1277–1287 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1631/FITEE.1700298

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