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Diffraction efficiencies of speckle patterns recorded on photographic film

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Optical Fourier transform processing of double-exposure speckle patterns creates a fringe pattern with a central bright spike. The relation between mean transmittance of the double-exposure and the strength and quality of the fringe pattern is examined. A simple model serves to quantify the diffraction, and agrees well with measured quantities. The ratio of diffracted power to incident power is the diffraction efficiency, and the ratio of the diffracted power to transmitted power is termed the transmitted diffraction efficiency. The different characteristics of the signal described by the two efficiencies are discussed. It is shown that the cleanest signal and the most powerful signal occur for different exposures.

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  1. School of Aeronautics & Astronautics, Purdue University, 47907-1282, West Lafayette, IN

    Steven H. Collicott (Assistant Professor)

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Collicott, S.H. Diffraction efficiencies of speckle patterns recorded on photographic film. Experimental Mechanics 32, 34–37 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02317982

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