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Stable Phase Retrieval in Infinite Dimensions

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Alaifari, R; Daubechies, I; Grohs, P; Yin, R
Published in: Foundations of Computational Mathematics
August 15, 2019

The problem of phase retrieval is to determine a signal f∈ H, with H a Hilbert space, from intensity measurements | F(ω) | , where F(ω) : = ⟨ f, φω⟩ are measurements of f with respect to a measurement system (φω)ω∈Ω⊂H. Although phase retrieval is always stable in the finite-dimensional setting whenever it is possible (i.e. injectivity implies stability for the inverse problem), the situation is drastically different if H is infinite-dimensional: in that case phase retrieval is never uniformly stable (Alaifari and Grohs in SIAM J Math Anal 49(3):1895–1911, 2017; Cahill et al. in Trans Am Math Soc Ser B 3(3):63–76, 2016); moreover, the stability deteriorates severely in the dimension of the problem (Cahill et al. 2016). On the other hand, all empirically observed instabilities are of a certain type: they occur whenever the function |F| of intensity measurements is concentrated on disjoint sets Dj⊂ Ω , i.e. when F=∑j=1kFj where each Fj is concentrated on Dj (and k≥ 2). Motivated by these considerations, we propose a new paradigm for stable phase retrieval by considering the problem of reconstructing F up to a phase factor that is not global, but that can be different for each of the subsets Dj, i.e. recovering F up to the equivalence F∼∑j=1keiαjFj.We present concrete applications (for example in audio processing) where this new notion of stability is natural and meaningful and show that in this setting stable phase retrieval can actually be achieved, for instance, if the measurement system is a Gabor frame or a frame of Cauchy wavelets.

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Foundations of Computational Mathematics

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1615-3383

ISSN

1615-3375

Publication Date

August 15, 2019

Volume

19

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4

Start / End Page

869 / 900

Related Subject Headings

  • Numerical & Computational Mathematics
  • 49 Mathematical sciences
  • 46 Information and computing sciences
  • 08 Information and Computing Sciences
  • 01 Mathematical Sciences
 

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Alaifari, R., Daubechies, I., Grohs, P., & Yin, R. (2019). Stable Phase Retrieval in Infinite Dimensions. Foundations of Computational Mathematics, 19(4), 869–900. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10208-018-9399-7
Alaifari, R., I. Daubechies, P. Grohs, and R. Yin. “Stable Phase Retrieval in Infinite Dimensions.” Foundations of Computational Mathematics 19, no. 4 (August 15, 2019): 869–900. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10208-018-9399-7.
Alaifari R, Daubechies I, Grohs P, Yin R. Stable Phase Retrieval in Infinite Dimensions. Foundations of Computational Mathematics. 2019 Aug 15;19(4):869–900.
Alaifari, R., et al. “Stable Phase Retrieval in Infinite Dimensions.” Foundations of Computational Mathematics, vol. 19, no. 4, Aug. 2019, pp. 869–900. Scopus, doi:10.1007/s10208-018-9399-7.
Alaifari R, Daubechies I, Grohs P, Yin R. Stable Phase Retrieval in Infinite Dimensions. Foundations of Computational Mathematics. 2019 Aug 15;19(4):869–900.
Journal cover image

Published In

Foundations of Computational Mathematics

DOI

EISSN

1615-3383

ISSN

1615-3375

Publication Date

August 15, 2019

Volume

19

Issue

4

Start / End Page

869 / 900

Related Subject Headings

  • Numerical & Computational Mathematics
  • 49 Mathematical sciences
  • 46 Information and computing sciences
  • 08 Information and Computing Sciences
  • 01 Mathematical Sciences