Improving imaging resolution of shaking targets by Fourier-transform ghost diffraction

For conventional imaging, shaking of the imaging system or the target leads to the degradation of imaging resolution. The influence of the target's shaking to Fourier-transform ghost diffraction (FGD) is investigated and phase-retrieval method is used to recover the target's imaging. The analytical results, which are backed up by numerical simulation and experiments, demonstrate that the quiver of target has no effect on the resolution of FGD and high-resolution imaging can be always achieved by phase-retrieval method from FGD patterns. This approach can be applied in high-precision imaging systems, to overcome the influence of the system's shaking to imaging resolution. (C) 2013 American Institute of Physics. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4788727]