Performance analysis of curvature sensors: Optimum positioning of the measurement planes

Optics Express

Volumn 11, Issue 20, 2003, Pages 2577-2588

  Soto, M ^a   Acosta, E ^a   Rios S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; POISSON EQUATION; TELESCOPES; TURBULENCE; WAVEFRONTS;

ABERRATION COMPENSATION; NOISE IN IMAGING SYSTEMS; PHASE RETRIEVAL; WAVE-FRONT SENSING;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 2942737020     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.11.002577     Document Type: Article

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