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In this thesis, we develop a class of novel spectral imaging techniques that
enable capabilities beyond the reach of conventional methods. Each development
is based on computational imaging, which involves distributing the
spectral imaging task between a physical and a computational system and
then digitally forming images of interest from multiplexed measurements by
means of solving an inverse problem. In particular, in the first approach, a
nonscanning spectral imaging technique is developed to enable performing
spectroscopy over a two-dimensional instantaneous field-of-view. This technique
combines a parametric estimation approach with a slitless spectrometer
configuration. In the second approach, a spectral imaging technique with an
optical device known as a photon sieve is developed to achieve superior spatial
and spectral resolutions relative to conventional filter-based spectral imagers.
This technique relies on the wavelength-dependent focusing property
of the photon sieve, and multiplexed measurements recorded by a photon
sieve imaging system with a moving detector. In each of these two techniques,
multiplexed measurements are combined with an image formation
model and then the resultant inverse problem is solved computationally for
image reconstruction. The associated inverse problems, which can be viewed
as multiframe image deblurring problems, are formulated in a Bayesian estimation
framework to incorporate the additional prior statistical knowledge of
the targeted objects. Computationally efficient algorithms are then designed
to solve the resulting nonlinear optimization problems. In addition to the development
of each technique, Bayesian Cramer-Rao bounds are also obtained
to characterize the estimation uncertainties and performance limits, as well
as to explore the optimized system design. The effectiveness of the spectral
imaging techniques are illustrated for an application in remote sensing of
the solar atmosphere. Lastly, the phase retrieval problem, another inverse
problem that arises in the photon-sieve imaging setting with coherent illumi
nation, is studied to devise computationally efficient algorithms. As a whole,
the developed spectral imaging techniques enable finer spectral information
in the form of higher temporal, spatial, and spectral resolutions. This will
enhance the unique diagnostic capabilities of conventional spectral imaging
systems in applications as diverse as physics, chemistry, biology, medicine,
astronomy and remote sensing. |