Speckle Phenomena in Optics:Theory and Applications

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If you work in optics you quickly learn that you can either fight speckle to try to get rid of it or you can take advantage of speckle for many applications. Speckle Phenomena in Optics tells it all. It gives a detailed description of speckle, explains techniques for suppressing speckle, and it gives several applications of speckle in imaging and metrology. Joseph W. Goodman has provided aclearly written technical book that will become a classic in its field. A fascinating consequence of optical coherence, speckle has become one of the major optical phenomena. Most often, but not necessarily always, associated with laser illumination, it is relevant for the basic understanding of scattering phenomena and for application to high technology alike, from the Brownian motion to integrated circuit lithography and to the imaging of the sky by large telescopes. This book broadly encompasses the conceptual and mathematical tools relevant for analyzing speckle phenomena together with all major applications. Its readers will benefit from J. W. Goodman’s fine understanding of physics and his famous skills as a teacher.

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Joseph W. Goodman came to Stanford in 1958 as a graduate student, and remained there his entire professional career. He was the primary dissertation advisor for 49 graduate students, many of whom are now prominent in the field of optics. He held the William Ayer Chair in Electrical Engineering at Stanford, and also served in several administrative posts, including Chair of the Department of Electrical Engineering, and Senior Associate Dean of Engineering for Faculty Affairs. He is now the William Ayer Professor Emeritus. Table of Contents Origins and Manifestations of Speckle Random Phasor Sums First-Order Statistical Properties Higher-Order Statistical Properties of Speckle Optical Methods for Suppressing Speckle Speckle in Certain Imaging Applications Speckle in Certain Nonimaging Applications Speckle and Metrology Speckle in Imaging Through the Atmosphere A. Linear Transformations of Speckle Fields Contrast of Partially Developed Speckle Statistics of Derivatives of Speckle Wavelength and Angle Dependence Speckle Contrast with a Projected Diffuser Statistics of Constrained Speckle Sample Mathematica Programs for Simulating Speckle.