title: Singularities in speckled speckle: screening.
abstract: We study screening of optical singularities in random optical fields with two widely different length scales. We call the speckle patterns generated by such fields speckled speckle, because the major speckle spots in the pattern are themselves highly speckled. We study combinations of fields whose components exhibit short- and long-range correlations and find unusual forms of screening.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan IL52900, Israel. kessler@dave.ph.biu.ac.il
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Kessler
authors.forename: Isaac
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Freund