Investigation of diffractive wavefront control with a continuous reflective surface

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4825, Issue , 2002, Pages 189-197

  Mansell, Justin D ^a  

^a 1717 Louisiana Ste 202 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Deformable mirror; Diffraction; Wavefront control

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS; HIGH POWER LASERS; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MIRRORS; OPTICAL VARIABLES CONTROL;

DEFORMABLE MIRROR; DIFFRACTIVE WAVEFRONT CONTROL;

WAVEFRONTS;

EID: 0036986299     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.453506     Document Type: Conference Paper

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