Abstract

We report focusing of coherent light through opaque scattering materials by control of the incident wavefront. The multiply scattered light forms a focus with a brightness that is up to a factor of 1000 higher than the brightness of the normal diffuse transmission.

URL

https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.32.002309

Authors

I. M. Vellekoop and A. P. Mosk

Year of publication

2007

Date published

08/2007

Journal

Opt. Lett.

Volume

32

Pages

2309-2311

DOI number

10.1364/OL.32.002309

Keywords

coherent light, opaque, scattering media, Wavefront shaping