Fully phase image encryption using double random-structured phase masks in gyrator domain

• Published in: Applied optics. Optical technology and biomedical optics Vol. 53; no. 28; p. 6472
• Main Authors: Singh, Hukum, Yadav, A K, Vashisth, Sunanda, Singh, Kehar
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.10.2014
• ISSN: 2155-3165
• DOI: 10.1364/AO.53.006472

We propose a method for fully phase image encryption based on double random-structured phase mask encoding in the gyrator transform (GT) domain. The security of the system is strengthened by parameters used in the construction of a structured phase mask (SPM) based on a devil's vortex Fresnel lens (DVFL). The input image is recovered using the correct parameters of the SPMs, transform orders of the GT, and conjugate of the random phase masks. The use of a DVFL-based SPM enhances security by increasing the key space for encryption, and also overcomes the problem of axis alignment associated with an optical setup. The proposed scheme can also be implemented optically. The computed values of mean squared error between the retrieved and the original image show the efficacy of the proposed scheme. We have also investigated the scheme's sensitivity to the encryption parameters, and robustness against occlusion and multiplicative Gaussian noise attacks.