Image analysis algorithms for critically sampled curvature wavefront sensor images in the presence of large intrinsic aberrations

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5496, Issue , 2004, Pages 738-746

  Bissonauth, Nirmal ^a   Clark, Paul ^a   Dalton, Gavin B ^b   Myers, Richard ^a   Sutherland, William ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Active optics; Curvature wavefront sensor; Image analysis; Simplex; VISTA

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; ALGORITHMS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; FUNCTIONS; IMAGE SENSORS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

ACTIVE OPTICS; CURVATURE WAVEFRONT SENSORS; VISTA;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

EID: 10444236735     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.550063     Document Type: Conference Paper

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