Speckle-suppressed full-field imaging through a scattering medium using a supercontinuum

We demonstrate speckle-suppressed full-field imaging through a scattering medium using incoherent supercontinuum (SC) illumination. The patterns in images obtained using SC illumination were found to be more easily identifiable than those in images acquired using coherent direct laser illumination due to the speckle suppression. Even when the optical depth reached 12.3, the patterns remained identifiable. As one of the potential applications, we also demonstrated the imaging for a high-pressure diesel spray using SC illumination.