Controlling the transmission of broadband light through scattering media using a digital micromirror device

Abstract

Wavefront shaping has emerged as a valuable technique in complex photonics, wherein the various eigenmodes of the disordered medium are selectively excited to control the overall transmission through the medium. The process utilizes active optical devices such as liquid crystal-based spatial light modulators (LC-SLM), deformable mirrors (DM), and digital micromirror devices (DMD). Among these, the latter is preferred for imaging through dynamic scattering media such as living biological tissues due to their high-speed refresh rate and increased resolution. This study employs a genetic algorithm along with binary amplitude modulation generated by a digital micromirror device to spatially and spectrally control the large spectral bandwidth through a scattering medium. We illustrate spatial single-point focusing of broadband light, multipoint focusing of broadband light, and programmable spectral filtering of the same through disordered samples.