This talk describes our recently-developed guidestar-free approach to imaging through
scattering and other optical aberrations; neural wavefront shaping (NeuWS). NeuWS
integrates maximum likelihood estimation, measurement modulation, and neural signal
representations to reconstruct diffraction-limited images through strong static and dynamic
scattering media without guidestars, sparse targets, controlled illumination, nor specialized
image sensors. We experimentally demonstrate guidestar-free, wide field-of-view, high …

Diffraction-limited optical imaging through scattering media has the potential to transform
many applications such as airborne and space-based imaging (through the atmosphere),
bioimaging (through skin and human tissue), and fiber-based imaging (through fiber
bundles). Existing wavefront shaping methods can image through scattering media and
other obscurants by optically correcting wavefront aberrations using high-resolution spatial
light modulators—but these methods generally require (i) guidestars,(ii) controlled …