Optical image hiding with a modified Mach-Zehnder interferometer
Optical image hiding with a modified Mach-Zehnder interferometer
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DOI:
10.1016/j.optlaseng.2013.12.002
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发表时间:
2014-04-01
影响因子:
4.6
通讯作者:
Li, Rong
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作者:
Li, Jun;Li, Jiaosheng;Li, Rong
A method for optical image hiding in a Fresnel domain is proposed. In our modified Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) architecture, an object beam is inserted into the object image to be hidden; the reference beam is produced by laser illumination through the phase plates and the host image. Afterwards, the reference beam is not only restricted to providing phase shifts in the hologram-recording process, but it can also add host image to engage the image hiding function. After two images experience Fresnel diffraction, the diffraction waves are registered as interference patterns on a CCD plane, which resembles a Fresnel diffraction pattern of the host image. The object image is embedded in the host image inside the Fresnel domain. Here, we present a theoretical analysis and preliminary experimental results for this method. It can be widely applied to secure image transmissions at a high speed over the internet and for image watermarking. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.