Use of beam parameters in optical component testing

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4451, Issue , 2001, Pages 394-405

  Neal, D R ^a   Gruetzner, J K ^a   Roller, J P ^a  

^a WaveFront Sciences Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

Beam quality; Hartmann Shack; M2; Optical testing; Shack Hartmann; Wavefront error

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GRADIENT METHODS; OPTICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL SENSORS; QUALITY CONTROL; WAVEFRONTS;

BEAM QUALITY PARAMETER; OPTICAL COMPONENT TESTING; SHACK-HARTMANN WAVEFRONT SENSOR; WAVEFRONT ERROR;

OPTICAL TESTING;

EID: 0035760748     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.453638     Document Type: Article

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