Customizing speckle intensity statistics and correlations (Conference Presentation)

Nicholas Bender; Hasan Yilmaz; Yaron Bromberg; Hui Cao

doi:10.1117/12.2322913

17 September 2018 Customizing speckle intensity statistics and correlations (Conference Presentation)

Nicholas Bender, Hasan Yilmaz, Yaron Bromberg, Hui Cao

Proceedings Volume 10723, Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation XV; 1072304 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2322913
Event: SPIE Nanoscience + Engineering, 2018, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

In this work, we develop a general method for customizing the intensity statistics of speckle patterns, on a target plane. By judiciously modulating the phase-front of a monochromatic laser beam -with a spatial light modulator- we experimentally generate speckle patterns possessing either arbitrarily-tailored intensity probability density functions (PDFs) or non-local spatial intensity correlations. Relative to Rayleigh speckles, our speckles with customized intensity PDFs exhibit radically different topologies yet maintain the same spatial correlation length. Furthermore, they are fully developed, ergodic, and stationary: with circular non-Gaussian statistics for the complex field. Furthermore, we can tailor the spatial intensity-correlations of speckle patterns: in particular, the non-local intensity correlations so that the speckle field and intensity spatially fluctuate on different length scales. We can even synthesize speckles with non-isotropic long-range intensity correlations, while the spatial field-correlation remains short-ranged and isotropic. Propagating away from the target plane, however, all of the customized speckles revert back to Rayleigh speckles. This work provides a versatile framework for tailoring speckle patterns with varied applications in microscopy, imaging and optical manipulation.

Conference Presentation

Citation Download Citation

Nicholas Bender, Hasan Yilmaz, Yaron Bromberg, and Hui Cao "Customizing speckle intensity statistics and correlations (Conference Presentation)", Proc. SPIE 10723, Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation XV, 1072304 (17 September 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2322913

ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE

INSTITUTIONAL
Select your institution to access the SPIE Digital Library.

SELECT YOUR INSTITUTION

PERSONAL
Sign in with your SPIE account to access your personal subscriptions or to use specific features such as save to my library, sign up for alerts, save searches, etc.

PERSONAL SIGN IN

No SPIE Account? Create one

PURCHASE THIS CONTENT

SUBSCRIBE TO DIGITAL LIBRARY

50 downloads per 1-year subscription

Members: $195

Non-members: $335 ADD TO CART

25 downloads per 1 - year subscription

Members: $145

Non-members: $250 ADD TO CART

PURCHASE SINGLE ARTICLE

Includes PDF, HTML & Video, when available

Members: $17.00

Non-members: $21.00 ADD TO CART

PROCEEDINGS
PRESENTATION

WATCH
PRESENTATION SAVE TO MY LIBRARY

GET CITATION

KEYWORDS

Speckle

Speckle pattern

Microscopy

Modulation

Modulators

Optical imaging

Optical manipulation

Show All Keywords

Keywords/Phrases

Search In:

Publication Years