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Title: Underwater optical signal detection system using diffuser-based lensless imaging
We propose a diffuser-based lensless underwater optical signal detection system. The system consists of a lensless one-dimensional (1D) camera array equipped with random phase modulators for signal acquisition and one-dimensional integral imaging convolutional neural network (1DInImCNN) for signal classification. During the acquisition process, the encoded signal transmitted by a light-emitting diode passes through a turbid medium as well as partial occlusion. The 1D diffuser-based lensless camera array is used to capture the transmitted information. The captured pseudorandom patterns are then classified through the 1DInImCNN to output the desired signal. We compared our proposed underwater lensless optical signal detection system with an equivalent lens-based underwater optical signal detection system in terms of detection performance and computational cost. The results show that the former outperforms the latter. Moreover, we use dimensionality reduction on the lensless pattern and study their theoretical computational costs and detection performance. The results show that the detection performance of lensless systems does not suffer appreciably. This makes lensless systems a great candidate for low-cost compressive underwater optical imaging and signal detection.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
2141473
PAR ID:
10527152
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
Optica
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Optics Express
Volume:
32
Issue:
2
ISSN:
1094-4087
Page Range / eLocation ID:
1489
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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