Expansion of the dynamic range of a Shack-Hartmann sensor by using astigmatic microlenses

Optical Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 2220-2225

  Lindlein, Norbert ^a   Pfund, Johannes ^a   Schwider, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WAVEFRONTS;

ASTIGMATISM; MICROLENSE; PRINCIPLE AXIS; SHACK-HARTMANN SENSOR;

OPTICAL SENSORS;

EID: 0034248465     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1304846     Document Type: Article

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