Experimental measurement of a time-varying optical path difference by the small-aperture beam technique

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 4436-4447

  Hugo, Ronald J ^a   Jumper, Eric J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Aero optic; Fluid optic interactions; Optical wave front sensor; Small aperture beam; Technique

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION; JETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL FLOWS; OPTICAL SENSORS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TURBULENT FLOW; WAVEFRONTS;

AERO OPTIC; ERROR ESTIMATION; FLUID OPTIC INTERACTION; OPTICAL BENCH LAYOUT; OPTICAL PATH DIFFERENCE; SMALL APERTURE BEAM TECHNIQUE;

OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0030213143     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.004436     Document Type: Article

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