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Abstract
The characteristics of speckle patterns produced using scattered 10·6 μm CO2 laser radiation are described. At this wavelength, heterodyne detection offers significant experimental advantages over direct detection of sensitivity and reduced contrast. As a simple illustration of heterodyne speckle techniques the heterodyne signals received from radiation scattered from a deep random phase screen are confirmed experimentally to follow a Rayleigh distribution.