Abstract

It is demonstrated that the recent assertion of Fante [ J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 2, 2318 ( 1985)] that a rough surface (or a random phase screen) produces the speckle even for a uniform, spatially incoherent light is incorrect. It is shown that that conclusion is a consequence of using the Gaussian approximation to describe fourth-order field moments.

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Imaging of an object behind a random phase screen using light of arbitrary coherence: reply to comment

Ronald L. Fante
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 5(2) 265-265 (1988)

Imaging of an object behind a random phase screen using light of arbitrary coherence

Ronald L. Fante
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 2(12) 2318-2329 (1985)

Asymmetrically correlated random phase screens

Sarben Sarkar, D. Sherrington, and B. Thompson
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 5(1) 160-161 (1988)

Differential theory of gratings: answer to an objection on its validity for TM polarization

M. Nevière and P. Vincent
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 5(9) 1522-1524 (1988)

Statistical properties of the speckle phase in the optical imaging system

Hirofumi Kadono and Toshimitsu Asakura
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 2(10) 1787-1792 (1985)