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Speckle, diffusers, and depolarization

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Spatial radiation patterns for the light transmitted by diffusers of varying thickness are presented for both the parallel and cross-polarized intensities when plane-polarized, monochromatic illumination is normally incident. In separate experiments with a thick diffuser, the parallel and cross-polarized components of its speckled image are shown to be not highly correlated.

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  1. California Institute of Technology, 91109, Pasadena, Cal., USA

    Nicholas George, Atul Jain & R. D. S. Melville Jr.

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Reported at the meeting of the International Commision for Optics in Sydney, 19–21 August 1974. — Research supported in part by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research.

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George, N., Jain, A. & Melville, R.D.S. Speckle, diffusers, and depolarization. Appl. Phys. 6, 65–70 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00883551

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