Speckle Phenomena in Optics
First EditionJoseph W. Goodman
©2009Including a thorough discussion of the statistical properties of speckle, Speckle Phenomena in Optics presents detailed coverage of its role in applications such as astronomy, projection display, coherence tomography, lithography, waveguides (modal noise), optical radar detection, and metrology. This is an ideal text for graduate students and professionals working in a wide variety of fields.
Table of Contents
1 Origins and Manifestations of Speckle
2 Random Phasor Sums
3 First-Order Statistical Properties
4 Higher-Order Statistical Properties of Speckle
5 Optical Methods for Suppressing Speckle
6 Speckle in Certain Imaging Applications
7 Speckle in Certain Nonimaging Applications
8 Speckle and Metrology
9 Speckle in Imaging Through the Atmosphere
A Linear Transformations of Speckle Fields
B Contrast of Partially Developed Speckle
C Statistics of Derivatives of Speckle
D Wavelength and Angle Dependence
E Speckle Contrast with a Projected Diffuser
F Statistics of Constrained Speckle
E Sample Mathematica Programs for Simulating Speckle
Bibliography
Index