Illumination coherence effects in laser-speckle imaging

David G. Voelz; Paul S. Idell; Keith A. Bush

doi:10.1117/12.43732

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1 August 1991 Illumination coherence effects in laser-speckle imaging

David G. Voelz, Paul S. Idell, Keith A. Bush

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Proceedings Volume 1416, Laser Radar VI; (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.43732
Event: Optics, Electro-Optics, and Laser Applications in Science and Engineering, 1991, Los Angeles, CA, United States

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A straight-forward computer simulation technique is presented for determining the spatial intensity distribution that can be expected when a rough object is illuminated with partially coherent light. The technique is useful for problems in which the illumination source is a laser whose spectral content can be described as a sum of delta function components. Laboratory and computer simulation results that illustrate illumination coherence effects on imagery obtained with the method known as imaging correlography are presented.

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David G. Voelz, Paul S. Idell, and Keith A. Bush "Illumination coherence effects in laser-speckle imaging", Proc. SPIE 1416, Laser Radar VI, (1 August 1991); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.43732

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