Incorporating higher-order modal measurements in tilt estimation: Natural and laser guide star applications

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 36, 1998, Pages 8287-8296

  Whiteley, Matthew R ^a   Welsh, Byron M ^a   Roggemann, Michael C ^b  

^a Air Force Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b Michigan Technological University   (United States)

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EID: 0010481883     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.008287     Document Type: Article

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