Super-resolution image projection over an extended depth of field using a diffractive decoder

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2510.03938v1
• Date: Sat, 04 Oct 2025 20:42:57 GMT
• Title: Super-resolution image projection over an extended depth of field using a diffractive decoder
• Authors: Hanlong Chen, Cagatay Isil, Tianyi Gan, Mona Jarrahi, Aydogan Ozcan,
• Abstract summary: hybrid image projection system achieves extended depth-of-field with improved resolution.<n>System combines a convolutional neural network (CNN)-based digital encoder with an all-optical diffractive decoder.<n>Our pixel super-resolution (PSR) image projection system demonstrates high-fidelity image synthesis over an extended DOF of 267xW.
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• Abstract: Image projection systems must be efficient in data storage, computation and transmission while maintaining a large space-bandwidth-product (SBP) at their output. Here, we introduce a hybrid image projection system that achieves extended depth-of-field (DOF) with improved resolution, combining a convolutional neural network (CNN)-based digital encoder with an all-optical diffractive decoder. A CNN-based encoder compresses input images into compact phase representations, which are subsequently displayed by a low-resolution (LR) projector and processed by an analog diffractive decoder for all-optical image reconstruction. This optical decoder is completely passive, designed to synthesize pixel super-resolved image projections that feature an extended DOF while eliminating the need for additional power consumption for super-resolved image reconstruction. Our pixel super-resolution (PSR) image projection system demonstrates high-fidelity image synthesis over an extended DOF of ~267xW, where W is the illumination wavelength, concurrently offering up to ~16-fold SBP improvement at each lateral plane. The proof of concept of this approach is validated through an experiment conducted in the THz spectrum, and the system is scalable across different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum. This image projection architecture can reduce data storage and transmission requirements for display systems without imposing additional power constraints on the optical decoder. Beyond extended DOF PSR image projection, the underlying principles of this approach can be extended to various applications, including optical metrology and microscopy.

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