Modeling the combined effect of static and varying phase distortions on the performance of adaptive optical systems

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 3857-3868

  Ellerbroek, Brent L ^a   Tyler, David W ^b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; MIRRORS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; WAVEFRONTS;

ADAPTIVE OPTICAL (AO) SYSTEMS; STREHL RATIO;

OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032614838     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.003857     Document Type: Article

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