Imaging through scattering layers exceeding memory effect range with spatial-correlation-achieved point-spread-function.

We propose to measure intensity transmission matrices or point-spread-function (PSF) of diffusers via spatial-correlation, with no scanning or interferometric detection required. With the measured PSF, we report optical imaging based on the memory effect that allows tracking of moving objects through a scattering medium. Our technique enlarges the limited effective range of traditional imaging techniques based on the memory effect, and substitutes time-consuming iterative algorithms by a fast cross-correlation deconvolution method to greatly reduce time consumption for image reconstruction.

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