Optical double-image cryptography based on diffractive imaging with a laterally-translated phase grating.
In this paper, we propose a method using structured-illumination-based diffractive imaging with a laterally-translated phase grating for optical double-image cryptography. An optical cryptosystem is designed, and multiple random phase-only masks are placed in the optical path. When a phase grating is laterally translated just before the plaintexts, several diffraction intensity patterns (i.e., ciphertexts) can be correspondingly obtained. During image decryption, an iterative retrieval algorithm is developed to extract plaintexts from the ciphertexts. In addition, security and advantages of the proposed method are analyzed. Feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed method are demonstrated by numerical simulation results.
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 3, Singapore 117576, Singapore. elechenw@nus.edu.sg
Wen
W
Chen
Xudong
X
Chen
Colin J R
CJ
Sheppard
D016494:Computer Security; D004867:Equipment Design; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods; D015233:Models, Statistical; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D055095:Optics and Photonics / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D012637:Security Measures; D012984:Software