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Reflections on speckle: Old and new results

  • Christopher Dainty
  • , Mingzhou Chen
  • University of Galway

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Abstract

Speckle was re-discovered after the invention of the laser in 1960. The unpublished 1963 Stanford Electronics Laboratory report by J W Goodman was the first comprehensive derivation of the first and second order statistics of the speckle intensity. This short paper describes how the senior author came to know Professor Goodman through their mutual, and lasting, interest in laser speckle. New results in speckle continue to be discovered, and we briefly describe one of these, the elimination of phase vortices using cascade adaptive optics systems.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationTribute to Joseph W. Goodman
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011
EventTribute to Joseph W. Goodman - San Diego, CA, United States
Duration: 21 Aug 201122 Aug 2011

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume8122
ISSN (Print)0277-786X

Conference

ConferenceTribute to Joseph W. Goodman
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Diego, CA
Period21/08/1122/08/11

Keywords

  • Speckle
  • statistical optics
  • vortices

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