Figure 8
(a) Variation of speckle contrast with q. The insert shows the rescaled g2(q, τ) by removing 1 and dividing by the contrast at q = 3.1 × 10−3 nm−1. (b) Histograms of pixel intensities (counts) at q = 3.1 × 10−3 nm−1. Dashed lines are the fits to the Poisson–gamma distribution function [equation (5)]. The sample is a dilute colloidal suspension of silica particles (600 nm in diameter) at rest, measured with different incident beam intensities. The measurements were performed using a larger beam that led to a maximum contrast of 0.315. |