Sheared-beam imaging: An evaluation of its optical compensation of thick atmospheric turbulence

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 264-272

  Sica, Louis ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compensation of atmospheric turbulence; Pupil plane imaging; Sheared coherent interferometric photography; Sheared beam imaging; Shearing interferometry; Unconventional imaging

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010870406     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.000264     Document Type: Article

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