Which artifact results when imperfections induce phase shifts?

💡 Explanation

A speckle pattern occurs due to surface roughness creating multiple phase-shifted beams that interfere, because this constructive and destructive interference causes random intensity variations. The speckle pattern destabilizes coherence of the laser light, therefore speckle, rather than aberrations, causes non-uniform images at micro scales.

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