Efficient computation of minimum-variance wave-front reconstructors with sparse matrix techniques

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1803-1816

  Ellerbroek, Brent L ^a  

^a GEMINI OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; EXTRAPOLATION; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MIRRORS; STATISTICAL METHODS; WAVEFRONTS;

LASER GUIDE STARS (LGS);

ADAPTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 0038111782     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.19.001803     Document Type: Article

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