Object-independent wavefront sensing method based on an unsupervised learning model for overcoming aberrations in optical systems

Abstract

This Letter introduces the idea of unsupervised learning into object-independent wavefront sensing for the first time, to the best of our knowledge, which can achieve fast phase recovery of arbitrary objects without labels. First, a fine feature extraction method which only depends on the wavefront aberrations is proposed. Then, a lightweight neural network and an optical feature system are combined to form an unsupervised learning model, and the neural network is promoted to be well trained by reversely outputting fine features. Simulation results prove that the proposed method can effectively overcome the aberrations (static or variable) existing in the optical system and achieve wavefront sensing of different objects with high precision and efficiency.