Analysis of the signal-to-noise ratio in the optical differentiation wavefront sensor

Optics Express

Volumn 11, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 2783-2790

  Oti, José E ^a   Canales, Vidal F ^a   Cagigal, Manuel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; ATTENUATION; CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOURIER OPTICS; POLYNOMIALS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

HARTMANN SHACK SENSORS; OPTICAL DIFFERENTIATION WAVEFRONT SENSORS; WAVE FRONT SENSING;

OPTICAL SENSORS;

EID: 2942731467     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.11.002783     Document Type: Article

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