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Stable phase retrieval for infinite dimensional subspaces of $L_2(\mathbb{R})$

Functional Analysis 2022-03-08 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

Phase retrieval is known to always be unstable when using a frame or continuous frame for an infinite dimensional Hilbert space. We consider a generalization of phase retrieval to the setting of subspaces of L2L_2 which coincides with using a continuous frame for phase retrieval when the subspace is the range of the analysis operator of a continuous frame. We then prove that there do exist infinite dimensional subspaces of L2L_2 where phase retrieval is stable. That is, we give a method for constructing an infinite dimensional subspace YL2Y\subseteq L_2 such that there exists C1C\geq 1 so that min(fgL2,f+gL2)CfgL2 for all f,gY.\min\big(\big\|f-g\big\|_{L_2},\big\|f+g\big\|_{L_2}\big)\leq C \big\| |f|-|g| \big\|_{L_2} \qquad\textrm{ for all }f,g\in Y. This construction also leads to new results on uniform stability of phase retrieval in finite dimensions. Our construction has a deterministic component and a random component. When using sub-Gaussian random variables we achieve phase retrieval with high probability and stability constant independent of the dimension nn when using mm on the order of nn random vectors. Without sub-Gaussian or any other higher moment assumptions, we are able to achieve phase retrieval with high probability and stability constant independent of the dimension nn when using mm on the order of nlog(n)n\log(n) random vectors.

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@article{arxiv.2203.03135,
  title  = {Stable phase retrieval for infinite dimensional subspaces of $L_2(\mathbb{R})$},
  author = {Robert Calderbank and Ingrid Daubechies and Daniel Freeman and Nikki Freeman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2203.03135},
  year   = {2022}
}

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27 pages

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