Characterization of (weak) phase retrieval dual frames

TL;DR

This paper investigates the properties and classifications of phase retrieval dual frames and weak phase retrieval frames in finite-dimensional Hilbert spaces, providing characterizations, conditions, and density results for these frames.

Contribution

It offers new characterizations of dual frames that enable phase retrieval, explores the density of phase retrieval dual frames, and establishes conditions for weak phase retrieval.

Findings

Family of phase retrieval dual frames can be dense in the set of dual frames.

Characterizations of dual frames that yield phase retrieval are provided.

Equivalent conditions for weak phase retrieval are established.

Abstract

Recovering a signal up to a unimodular constant from the magnitudes of linear measurements has been popular and well studied in recent years. However, numerous unsolved problems regarding phase retrieval still exist. Given a phase retrieval frame, may the family of phase retrieval dual frames be classified? And is such a family dense in the set of dual frames? Can we present the equivalent conditions for a family of vectors to do weak phase retrieval in complex Hilbert space case? What is the connection between phase, weak phase and norm retrieval? In this context, we aim to deal with these open problems concerning phase retrieval dual frames, weak phase retrieval frames, and specially investigate equivalent conditions for identifying these features. We provide some characterizations of alternate dual frames of a phase retrieval frame which yield phase retrieval in finite dimensional Hilbert spaces. Moreover, for some classes of frames, we show that the family of phase retrieval dual frames is open and dense in the set of dual frames. Then, we study weak phase retrieval problem. Among other things, we obtain some equivalent conditions on a family of vectors to do phase retrieval in terms of weak phase retrieval.