Generation of fractal speckles by means of a spatial light modulator

doi:10.1364/OE.15.007415

Optics Express

Editor: C. Martijn de Sterke
Vol. 15, Iss. 12 — Jun. 11, 2007
pp: 7415–7422

Generation of fractal speckles by means of a spatial light modulator

Hideki Funamizu and Jun Uozumi »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 15, Issue 12, pp. 7415-7422 (2007)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.15.007415

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Abstract

It was shown in previous studies that, when a diffuser is illuminated by coherent light with an average spatial intensity distribution obeying a negative power function, the scattered field in the Fraunhofer diffraction region exhibits random fractal properties. The method employed so far for producing such fields has a disadvantage in that generated speckle intensities are low due to small transmittance of fractal apertures used in the illumination optics. To overcome this disadvantage, a generation of fractal speckles by means of a spatial light modulator is proposed. The principle is explained and experimental results are also shown.

OCIS Codes
(030.6140) Coherence and statistical optics : Speckle
(230.6120) Optical devices : Spatial light modulators

ToC Category:
Coherence and Statistical Optics

History
Original Manuscript: March 26, 2007
Revised Manuscript: May 2, 2007
Manuscript Accepted: May 2, 2007
Published: June 1, 2007

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Hideki Funamizu and Jun Uozumi, "Generation of fractal speckles by means of a spatial light modulator," Opt. Express 15, 7415-7422 (2007)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-15-12-7415

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N. Konforti, E. Maron, and S.-T. Wu, "Phase-only modulation with twisted nematic liquid-crystal spatial light modulators," Opt. Lett. 13, 251-253 (1988). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Other

J. Uozumi, "Generation of random fractal fields by a double scattering process," in Fourth International Conference on Correlation Optics, O. V. Angelsky, ed., Proc. SPIE 3904, 13-24 (1999).
J. Uozumi, "Fractality of the optical fields scattered by power-law-illuminated diffusers," in Selected Papers from Fifth International Conference on Correlation Optics, O. V. Angelsky, ed., Proc. SPIE 4607, 257-267, (2002). [CrossRef]
T. Okamoto, H. Gotou, Y. Kawabata, and M. Takeuchi, "Statistical properties of the three-dimensional intensity distribution formed with orthogonally crossed speckle beams," in Technical Digest of the Sixth Japan-Finland Joint Symposium on Optics in Engineering, J. Uozumi, T. Yatagai and K.-E. Peiponen, eds., (2005), pp. 45-46.
J. W. Goodman, "Statistical properties of laser speckle patterns," in Laser Speckle and Related Phenomena, 2nd ed., J. C. Dainty, ed., (Springer, Berlin, 1984), pp. 9-75.
H. Takayasu, Fractals in Physical Science (Manchester University, Manchester, 1990).
J. Feder, Fractals (Plenum, New York, 1996).
T. Vicsek, Fractal Growth Phenomena (World Scientific, Singapore, 1992).
J. Uozumi and T. Asakura, "Optical fractals," in Optical Storage and Retrieval—Memory, Neural Networks, and Fractals, F. T. S. Yu and S. Jutamulia, eds. (Marcel Dekker, New York, 1996), pp. 283-320.

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