High-resolution pseudo-inverse ghost imaging

Abstract

We present a pseudo-inverse ghost imaging (PGI) technique which can dramatically enhance the spatial transverse resolution of pseudo-thermal ghost imaging (GI). In comparison with conventional GI, PGI can break the limitation on the imaging resolution imposed by the speckle’s transverse size on the object plane and also enables the reconstruction of an N-pixel image from much less than N measurements. This feature also allows high-resolution imaging of gray-scale objects. Experimental and numerical data assessing the performance of the technique are presented.