Use of computer generated holograms for alignment of complex null correctors

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6273 II, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Zehnder, Rene ^a   Burge, James H ^a   Zhao, Chunyu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer generated hologram; Null testing; Optical alignment

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; LIGHT DIFFRACTION; NULL TESTING; OPTICAL ALIGNMENT;

ASPHERICS; HOLOGRAMS; INTERFEROMETERS; LENSES; MIRRORS; TELESCOPES;

COMPUTER GENERATED HOLOGRAPHY;

EID: 33749612547     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.672139     Document Type: Conference Paper

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