Enhancing the recovery of a temporal sequence of images using joint deconvolution

Caramazza, Piergiorgio and Wilson, Kali and Gariepy, Genevieve and Leach, Jonathan and McLaughlin, Stephen and Faccio, Daniele and Altmann, Yoann (2018) Enhancing the recovery of a temporal sequence of images using joint deconvolution. Scientific Reports, 8 (1). 5257. ISSN 2045-2322 (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-22811-x)

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Abstract

In this work, we address the reconstruction of spatial patterns that are encoded in light fields associated with a series of light pulses emitted by a laser source and imaged using photon-counting cameras, with an intrinsic response significantly longer than the pulse delay. Adopting a Bayesian approach, we propose and demonstrate experimentally a novel joint temporal deconvolution algorithm taking advantage of the fact that single pulses are observed simultaneously by different pixels. Using an intensified CCD camera with a 1000-ps gate, stepped with 10-ps increments, we show the ability to resolve images that are separated by a 10-ps delay, four time better compared to standard deconvolution techniques.