Wave-front sensing by use of a Green's function solution to the intensity transport equation

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

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 508-512

  Woods, Simon C ^a   Greenaway, Alan H ^b  

^a QINETIQ   (United Kingdom)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; GREEN'S FUNCTION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

WAVE-FRONT SENSING;

LIGHT PROPAGATION;

EID: 0043075884     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.20.000508     Document Type: Article

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