Adaptive optics performance comparisons for various phase reconstruction algorithms

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3381, Issue , 1998, Pages 136-146

  Brown, Thomas R ^a   Berkopec, Timothy L ^a  

^a MZA Associates Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

ABLSim; Adaptive optics; Atmospheric turbulence; Phase reconstruction; Phase unwrapping

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; SENSOR DATA FUSION; WAVEFRONTS;

AIRBORNE LASER; PHASE RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHMS;

LASER BEAMS;

EID: 0038665533     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.323932     Document Type: Conference Paper

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