A scattering medium scrambles the incoming wavefront and creates a speckle pattern. In this project, we studied photon transport in scattering media composed of nonlinear scatterers, specifically second-order nonlinearity. This type of medium generates speckle patterns of both the harmonics. We explored the spatial and temporal diffusion in finite-sized nonlinear disordered media. Subsequently, we explored speckle correlation for both the harmonics.
In this project, we employed a Digital Micromirror Device (DMD) and Genetic algorithm to control (spatial and spectral) broadband light through linear scattering media. Subsequently, we also employed the same to control SHG light scattered from nonlinear disordered media utilizing binary wavefront optimization.