The adaptive optics point-spread function at moderate and high Strehl ratios

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4860, Issue , 2002, Pages 161-170

  Sivaramakrishnan, Anand ^a   Hodge, Philip E ^a   Makidon, Russell B ^a   Perrin, Marshall D ^b   Lloyd, James P ^b   Bloemhof, Eric E ^c   Oppenheimer, Ben R ^d  

^a STScI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics instrument design and data reduction; High dynamic range imaging; High dynamic range imaging on NGST; Speckle symmetries

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; DATA REDUCTION; ERRORS; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; SPACE TELESCOPES; SPECKLE;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS POINT-SPREAD FUNCTION; HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE IMAGING; HIGH STREHL RATIOS; SPECKLE SYMMETRIES;

OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION;

EID: 0037612178     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.457668     Document Type: Conference Paper

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