Fourier phase retrieval with a single mask by Douglas-Rachford algorithms

Appl Comput Harmon Anal. 2018 May;44(3):665-699. doi: 10.1016/j.acha.2016.07.003. Epub 2016 Jul 26.

Abstract

The Fourier-domain Douglas-Rachford (FDR) algorithm is analyzed for phase retrieval with a single random mask. Since the uniqueness of phase retrieval solution requires more than a single oversampled coded diffraction pattern, the extra information is imposed in either of the following forms: 1) the sector condition on the object; 2) another oversampled diffraction pattern, coded or uncoded. For both settings, the uniqueness of projected fixed point is proved and for setting 2) the local, geometric convergence is derived with a rate given by a spectral gap condition. Numerical experiments demonstrate global, power-law convergence of FDR from arbitrary initialization for both settings as well as for 3 or more coded diffraction patterns without oversampling. In practice, the geometric convergence can be recovered from the power-law regime by a simple projection trick, resulting in highly accurate reconstruction from generic initialization.

Keywords: Douglas-Rachford algorithm; Phase retrieval; coded diffraction pattern; geometric convergence; spectral gap.