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60
Citations
54034
World Ranking
2116
National Ranking
667

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1996 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1987 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For fundamental contributions to statistical optics and optical data processing.

Overview

Joseph W. Goodman is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their primary research spans multiple fields including Engineering, Computer Science, and Physics and Astronomy. Within these broad areas, specific subfields of study include Biomedical Engineering, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Computational Mechanics, Instrumentation, and Mechanical Engineering.

The scientist's work covers several main topics related to optics and measurement techniques. These include Optical Polarization and Ellipsometry, Optical measurement and interference techniques, Surface Roughness and Optical Measurements, Advanced Optical Sensing Technologies, Optical Coherence Tomography Applications, Advanced Measurement and Metrology Techniques, and Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging.

Recent papers authored by Joseph W. Goodman include the following:

  • Comparison of methods for exploiting symmetry in calculating the Fourier spectra of circularly symmetric functions, 2020, Optical Engineering
  • Back Matter, 2020, SPIE eBooks
  • Front Matter, 2020, SPIE eBooks
  • Back Matter, 2022, SPIE eBooks
  • Front Matter, 2022, SPIE eBooks

Their frequent publication venues reflect consistent contributions to the following journals and collections:

  • SPIE eBooks
  • Optical Engineering

Joseph W. Goodman has authored several book publications primarily released through SPIE. Notable titles include:

  • Speckle Phenomena in Optics: Theory and Applications, Second Edition (2020)
  • Simulating Speckle with Mathematica® (2022)
  • Fourier Transforms Using Mathematica® (2020)
  • Speckle Simulation with Python (2024)
  • Simulating Fourier Optics Using Mathematica® (2024)

Throughout their career, Joseph W. Goodman has received recognition including election as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1996. They were also named a Member of the National Academy of Engineering in 1987 for fundamental contributions to statistical optics and optical data processing.

Best Publications

  • Introduction to Fourier optics

    Joseph W. Goodman

  • Statistical Optics

    Joseph W. Goodman

  • Some fundamental properties of speckle

    J. W. Goodman

  • Optical interconnections for VLSI systems

    J.W. Goodman;F.J. Leonberger;Sun-Yuan Kung;R.A. Athale

  • Digital Image Formation From Electronically Detected Holograms

    J. W. Goodman;R. W. Lawrence

  • A Technique for Optically Convolving Two Functions

    C. S. Weaver;J. W. Goodman

  • A mathematical analysis of the DCT coefficient distributions for images

    E.Y. Lam;J.W. Goodman

  • Fully parallel, high-speed incoherent optical method for performing discrete Fourier transforms.

    Joseph W. Goodman;A. R. Dias;L. M. Woody

  • Optical fiber delay line signal processing

    K.P. Jackson;S.A. Newton;B. Moslehi;M. Tur

  • Fiber-optic lattice signal processing

    B. Moslehi;J.W. Goodman;M. Tur;H.J. Shaw

  • Some effects of target-induced scintillation on optical radar performance

    J.W. Goodman

  • Optical-fiber delay line signal processing

    S. A. Newton;K. P. Jackson;B. Moslehi;M. TuR

  • Neural networks for computation: number representations and programming complexity.

    Mitsuo Takeda;Joseph W. Goodman

  • Laser-induced local heating of multilayers

    Masud Mansuripur;G. A. Neville Connell;Joseph W. Goodman

  • WAVEFRONT‐RECONSTRUCTION IMAGING THROUGH RANDOM MEDIA

    J. W. Goodman;W. H. Huntley;D. W. Jackson;M. Lehmann

  • Very efficient speckle contrast reduction realized by moving diffuser device

    Shigeo Kubota;Joseph W. Goodman

  • When is speckle noise multiplicative

    Moshe Tur;Kuen-Chang Chin;Joseph W. Goodman

  • Roadmap on digital holography [Invited].

    Bahram Javidi;Artur Carnicer;Arun Anand;George Barbastathis

  • Some effects of Fourier-domain phase quantization

    J. W. Goodman;A. M. Silvestri

  • Optical computation using residue arithmetic

    Alan Huang;Yoshito Tsunoda;Joseph W. Goodman;Satoshi Ishihara

  • Optical imaging applied to microelectronic chip-to-chip interconnections.

    Raymond K. Kostuk;Joseph W. Goodman;Lambertus Hesselink

  • A generalized convergence theorem for neural networks

    J. Bruck;J.W. Goodman

  • Dependence of image speckle contrast on surface roughness

    J.W. Goodman

  • Frequency dependence of modal noise in multimode optical fibers

    Eric G. Rawson;Joseph W. Goodman;Robert E. Norton

Frequent Co-Authors

Lambertus Hesselink
Lambertus Hesselink Stanford University
Haldun M. Ozaktas
Haldun M. Ozaktas Bilkent University
Moshe Tur
Moshe Tur Tel Aviv University
Edmund Y. Lam
Edmund Y. Lam University of Hong Kong
Robert M. Gray
Robert M. Gray Stanford University
John E. Bowers
John E. Bowers University of California, Santa Barbara
Kristina M. Johnson
Kristina M. Johnson The Ohio State University
Leonid G. Kazovsky
Leonid G. Kazovsky Stanford University
Yonina C. Eldar
Yonina C. Eldar Weizmann Institute of Science
James S. Harris
James S. Harris Stanford University

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