Adaptive optics imaging system based on a high-resolution liquid crystal on silicon device

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 8013-8018

  Mu, Quanquan ^a,b   Cao, Zhaoliang ^a   Hu, Lifa ^a   Li, Dayu ^a   Xuan, Li ^a  

^a CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF OPTICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; DIFFRACTION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; SILICON;

MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION (MTF); SILICON DEVICE; TEMPORAL TURBULENCE; WAVEFRONT ABERRATION;

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

EID: 33748292815     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.008013     Document Type: Article

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