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  • Optical Complex Amplitude Measurement Technology

    Enabling the detection of spatial phase information of light: Technology for seeing the invisible

    This technology enables precise detection of optical phase distribution in a single measurement without spatial completion error by using two sensors and a polarizing optical element, and is expected to have a wide range of applications such as 3D image measurement, 3D tomography, digital phase conjugation, 3D optical memory, and spatial mode optical communication.

    Research

    In holographic diversity interferometry, multiple image sensors are arranged in combination with a polarizing optical element to enable precise detection of optical phase distribution in a single measurement without spatial completion error. We have developed an interferometric optical system using two image sensors and have greatly improved the measurement algorithm to achieve highly accurate phase measurement and enable 3D information processing using the measured phase distribution data. This technology can be applied directly to the acquisition of 3D optical information, optical tomography by digital phase conjugation, and 3D optical memory. In this research, we have also succeeded in developing a reference light-free phase detection system that filters the signal light spatially filtered and re-interacts with the signal light. This is expected to find applications in next-generation ultrahigh-speed optical communication systems using spatial modes and in the field of remote sensing.

    Atsushi Okamoto Specially Appointed Associate Professor