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A fundamental problem in phase retrieval is to reconstruct an unknown signal from a set of magnitude-only measurements. In this work we introduce three novel quotient intensity-based models (QIMs) based a deep modification of the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-12-16 Jian-Feng Cai , Meng Huang , Dong Li , Yang Wang

In this work we analyze the problem of phase retrieval from Fourier measurements with random diffraction patterns. To this end, we consider the recently introduced PhaseLift algorithm, which expresses the problem in the language of convex…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-01-10 David Gross , Felix Krahmer , Richard Kueng

In this work we propose a nonconvex two-stage \underline{s}tochastic \underline{a}lternating \underline{m}inimizing (SAM) method for sparse phase retrieval. The proposed algorithm is guaranteed to have an exact recovery from $O(s\log n)$…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-11-23 Jian-Feng Cai , Yuling Jiao , Xiliang Lu , Juntao You

The generalized phase retrieval problem over compact groups aims to recover a set of matrices -- representing an unknown signal -- from their associated Gram matrices. This framework generalizes the classical phase retrieval problem, which…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-20 Tal Amir , Tamir Bendory , Nadav Dym , Dan Edidin

Signal recovery from nonlinear measurements involves solving an iterative optimization problem. In this paper, we present a framework to optimize the sensing parameters to improve the quality of the signal recovered by the given iterative…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-06-09 Zikui Cai , Rakib Hyder , M. Salman Asif

In this paper, we consider the sparse phase retrieval problem, recovering an $s$-sparse signal $\bm{x}^{\natural}\in\mathbb{R}^n$ from $m$ phaseless samples $y_i=|\langle\bm{x}^{\natural},\bm{a}_i\rangle|$ for $i=1,\ldots,m$. Existing…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-10-15 Jian-Feng Cai , Jingzhi Li , Xiliang Lu , Juntao You

Iterative algorithms with feedback are amongst the most powerful and versatile optimization methods for phase retrieval. Among these, the hybrid input-output algorithm has demonstrated practical solutions to giga-element nonlinear phase…

Optics · Physics 2007-11-13 S. Marchesini

Phase retrieval has been an attractive but difficult problem rising from physical science, and there has been a gap between state-of-the-art theoretical convergence analyses and the corresponding efficient retrieval methods. Firstly, these…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-12-06 Gen Li , Yuchen Jiao , Yuantao Gu

Iterative phase retrieval algorithms typically employ projections onto constraint subspaces to recover the unknown phases in the Fourier transform of an image, or, in the case of x-ray crystallography, the electron density of a molecule.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-20 Veit Elser

We develop procedures, based on minimization of the composition $f(x) = h(c(x))$ of a convex function $h$ and smooth function $c$, for solving random collections of quadratic equalities, applying our methodology to phase retrieval problems.…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2018-04-24 John C. Duchi , Feng Ruan

A standardized phase retrieval algorithm is presented and applied to an industry-grade high-energy ultrashort pulsed laser to uncover its spatial phase distribution. We describe in detail how to modify the well-known algorithm in order to…

Recovering a signal from its Fourier magnitude is referred to as phase retrieval, which occurs in different fields of engineering and applied physics. This paper gives a new characterization of the phase retrieval problem. Particularly…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-07-16 Wing Hong Wong , Yifei Lou , Stefano Marchesini , Tieyong Zeng

Fourier phasing is the problem of retrieving Fourier phase information from Fourier intensity data. The standard Fourier phase retrieval (without a mask) is known to have many solutions which cause the standard phasing algorithms to…

Optics · Physics 2015-06-12 Albert Fannjiang , Wenjing Liao

We address the problem of recovering a signal (up to global phase) from its short-time Fourier transform (STFT) magnitude measurements. This problem arises in several applications, including optical imaging and speech processing. In this…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-10-06 Tamir Bendory , Yonina C. Eldar

The retrieval of phases from intensity measurements is a key process in many fields in science, from optical microscopy to x-ray crystallography. Here we study phase retrieval of a one-dimensional multi-phase object that is illuminated by…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-02-16 Liat Liberman , Yonatan Israel , Eilon Poem , Yaron Silberberg

Companion paper [118] developed a powerful \emph{Random duality theory} (RDT) based analytical program to statistically characterize performance of \emph{descending} phase retrieval algorithms (dPR) (these include all variants of gradient…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2025-06-24 Mihailo Stojnic

We consider a phase retrieval problem, where we want to reconstruct a $n$-dimensional vector from its phaseless scalar products with $m$ sensing vectors, independently sampled from complex normal distributions. We show that, with a suitable…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2019-04-17 Irène Waldspurger

We study nonconvex optimization for phase retrieval and the more general problem of semidefinite low-rank matrix sensing; in particular, we focus on the global nonconvex landscape of overparametrized versions of the nonsmooth amplitude…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-11-25 Andrew D. McRae

The recovery of a signal from the magnitude of its Fourier transform, also known as phase retrieval, is of fundamental importance in many scientific fields. It is well known that due to the loss of Fourier phase the problem in 1D is…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-12-21 Dani Kogan , Yonina C. Eldar , Dan Oron

We propose a general framework to recover underlying images from noisy phaseless diffraction measurements based on the alternating directional method of multipliers and the plug-and-play technique. The algorithm consists of three-step…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-11-07 Huibin Chang , Stefano Marchesini