Self-focusing in a nematic liquid crystal for measurements of wavefront distortions

Optics Communications

Volumn 232, Issue 1-6, 2004, Pages 439-442

  Shevchenko, A ^a   Buchter, S C ^a   Tabiryan, N V ^b   Kaivola, M ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b BEAM ENGINEERING FOR ADVANCED MEASUREMENTS CO   (United States)

Author keywords

Liquid crystals; Self focusing; Shack Hartmann sensor; Wavefront sensing

Indexed keywords

CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; FLUID DYNAMICS; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT SCATTERING; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES; OPTICAL SENSORS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; WAVEFRONTS;

SHACK-HARTMANN SENSORS; WAVEFRONT SENSING;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 1042288848     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optcom.2004.01.009     Document Type: Article

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