Effect of primary aberrations on transverse displacement of laser speckle patterns

Abstract

The effect of primary aberrations on the transverse displacement of laser speckle patterns in the real image plane due to transverse displacement of an object is studied in the approximation of Fourier optics. Primary aberrations cause: (i) a complementary displacement of the speckle pattern; and (ii) its decorrelation. The main features of complementary displacements are as follows: (a) the overall complementary displacement is the sum of complementary displacements caused by each one of the primary aberrations; (b) the complementary displacement caused by the spherical aberration is uniform in the image plane; (c) spherical aberration and curvature of field cause complementary displacements that are parallel to the object's displacement; (d) the complementary displacement caused by distortion is always zero on the optical axis; (e) the complementary displacement caused by distortion is free of decorrelation; (f) complementary displacements are non-proportional to the object's displacement; and (g) complementary displacements depend on the position of the illuminating source with the exception of the complementary displacement caused by distortion.