Light-efficient, quantum-limited interferometric wavefront estimation by virtual mode sensing

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 3700-3714

  Lauterbach, Marcel A ^a   Ruckel, Markus ^a   Denk, Winfried ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTONS; WAVEFRONTS;

LOW LIGHT LEVEL; LOW RESOLUTION; PHASE UNWRAPPING; QUANTUM LIMITED; STATE OF THE ART; WAVE FRONT SENSORS; WAVEFRONT ESTIMATION; ZERNIKE COEFFICIENT;

LIGHT;

EID: 33750694896     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.003700     Document Type: Article

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