Diffraction halo function of partially coherent speckle photography

Appl Opt. 1999 Nov 10;38(32):6687-91. doi: 10.1364/ao.38.006687.

Abstract

We studied the diffraction halo function of partially coherent speckle photography, using the theory of partial coherence of light and speckle statistics. Numerical calculations were made on the basis of the derived expression. It was shown that the anisotropic coherence of the illumination induced by the source could lead to the inhomogeneity of the halo distribution. An experiment was performed to prove the theoretical predictions.