Imaging through highly diffusive media with wavefront shaping

A method comprising:

• receiving a phase pattern having a target image encoded therein;
• emitting a wavefront-shaped light from a spatial light modulator based on the phase pattern;
• and
• decoding the wavefront-shaped light by transmitting the wavefront-shaped light through a first diffusive medium to generate a decoded light signal of the target image.

A system comprising:

• a phase pattern having a target image encoded therein;
• a spatial light modulator communicatively coupled to receive the phase pattern and configured to emit a wavefront-shaped light based on the phase pattern;
• and
• a first diffusive medium positioned to receive the wavefront-shaped light and to emit a decoded light signal of a target image, the target image being previously encoded in the phase pattern by transmitting another wavefront-shaped light shaped by a training phase pattern through a second diffusive medium to yield a scattered light signal encoding a test image, the second diffusive medium having the optical scattering characteristics of a first diffusive medium, capturing the light signal emitted from the second diffusive medium, recording the scattered light signal encoding the test image, and adjusting the training phase pattern for successive iterations of the test image until the test image satisfies a compensation condition based on the target image, the resulting training phase pattern yielding the phase pattern having the target image encoded therein.