Adaptive optics compensation for propagation through deep turbulence: Initial investigation of gradient descent tomography

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1914-1923

  Tyler, Glenn A ^a  

^a Optical Sciences Company   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; GRADIENT INDEX OPTICS; MIRRORS; SCINTILLATION; TOMOGRAPHY; TURBULENCE;

ANISOPLANATISM; GRADIENT DESCENT TOMOGRAPHY; ITERATIVE ALGORITHM;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 33748700414     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.23.001914     Document Type: Article

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