title: Femtosecond laser speckles.
abstract: The concept of femtosecond laser speckles is put forward. The theory of a speckle pattern in light of finite bandwidth is applied to describe femtosecond laser speckles. Basic representations of the contrast and the spectral correlation of femtosecond laser speckles are presented. The relationship between the speckle contrast and the bandwidth of a femtosecond laser is given. Experimental results are given that indicate an obvious difference between the speckle patterns produced by a continuous-wave laser and those produced by a femtosecond laser.
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Academia Sinica, P.O. Box 800-211, Shanghai 201800, China.
authors.forename: Wenjun
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Changhe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhou