Time-efficient non-degenerate ghost imaging powered by deep learning

Chané Moodley; Bereneice Sephton; Valeria Rodríguez-Fajardo; Andrew Forbes

doi:10.1117/12.2594097

1 August 2021 Time-efficient non-degenerate ghost imaging powered by deep learning

Chané Moodley, Bereneice Sephton, Valeria Rodríguez-Fajardo, Andrew Forbes

Proceedings Volume 11835, Quantum Communications and Quantum Imaging XIX; 118350H (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2594097
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2021, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Quantum ghost imaging utilizes entangled photon pairs to enable an alternative image acquisition method. Information from either one of the photons does not allow for image reconstruction, however the image can be reconstructed by utilising the correlations that exist between the photon pair. Interestingly, these photon pairs can be either degenerate or non-degenerate in nature. Non-degenerate ghost imaging offers the ability to image with wavelength bandwidths where spatially resolving detectors are impractical, ineffective or expensive. Due to the scanning nature of spatially resolving detectors and the inherent low light levels of quantum experiments, imaging speeds are rather unsatisfactory. To overcome this limitation, we propose a two-step deep learning approach to establish an optimal early stopping point, tested on a non-degenerate system. In step one, we enhance the reconstructed image after each measurement by a deep convolution auto-encoder, followed by step two where a classifier is used to recognise the image. We achieved a recognition confidence of 75% at 20% of the image reconstruction time, hence reducing the image reconstruction time 5-fold while maintaining the image information. This, therefore, leads to a faster, more efficient image acquisition technique. Although tested on a non-degenerate system, our procedure can be extended to many such systems that are of quantum nature. We believe that this two-step deep learning approach will prove valuable to the community who are focusing their efforts on time-efficient ghost imaging.

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Chané Moodley, Bereneice Sephton, Valeria Rodríguez-Fajardo, and Andrew Forbes "Time-efficient non-degenerate ghost imaging powered by deep learning", Proc. SPIE 11835, Quantum Communications and Quantum Imaging XIX, 118350H (1 August 2021); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2594097

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