Compact, high resolution, four wave lateral shearing interferometer

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5252, Issue , 2004, Pages 282-292

  Chanteloup, J C ^a   Cohen, M ^a  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Hartmann mask; Interferometry; Shack Hartmann; Wave front sensing

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; GLASS; MODULATION; OPTICAL PHASE CONJUGATION; SENSORS; VISION; WAVE INTERFERENCE;

HARTMANN MASK; SHACK-HARTMANN; WAVE FRONT SENSING;

INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 1942510498     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.513739     Document Type: Conference Paper

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