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Experimental observation of speckle transition

  • Mingzhou Chen
  • , Chris Dainty
  • University of Galway

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Abstract

In isotropic random optical waves, each dark area may contain optical vortices or phase singularities. In this paper, we experimentally generate a speckle pattern and observe its transition along the propagation direction. Experimental results show that the vortex density changes along the propagation direction when the continuous phase part of the speckle field is removed with a spatial light modulator. The contrast ratio of the spackle field also changes due to the transition of the field. Such a transition can be interpreted to a certain extent by the self-annihilation of vortex dipoles due to the least-squares phase removal.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSpeckle 2012
Subtitle of host publicationV International Conference on Speckle Metrology
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012
Event5th International Conference on Speckle Metrology, Speckle 2012 - Vigo, Spain
Duration: 10 Sep 201212 Sep 2012

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume8413
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

Conference5th International Conference on Speckle Metrology, Speckle 2012
Country/TerritorySpain
CityVigo
Period10/09/1212/09/12

Keywords

  • Least-squares phase
  • Optical vortices
  • Random optical field
  • Speckle pattern

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