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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463618803321

Autore

Goodman Joseph W.

Titolo

Statistical optics / / Joseph W. Goodman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , 2015

©2015

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (541 p.)

Collana

Wiley Series in Pure and Applied Optics

Disciplina

535.01/5195

Soggetti

Optics - Statistical methods

Mathematical statistics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Published simultaneously in Canada"--Title page verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Random variables -- Random processes -- Some first-order statistical properties of light -- Temporal and spatial coherence of optical waves -- Some problems involving higher-order coherence -- Effects of partial coherence in imaging systems -- Imaging through randomly inhomogeneous media -- Fundamental limits in photoelectric detection of light.

Sommario/riassunto

This book discusses statistical methods that are useful for treating problems in modern optics, and the application of these methods to solving a variety of such problems   This book covers a variety of statistical problems in optics, including both theory and applications.  The text covers the necessary background in statistics, statistical properties of light waves of various types, the theory of partial coherence and its applications, imaging with partially coherent light, atmospheric degradations of images, and noise limitations in the detection of light. New topics have been introduced i