Linearity of the pyramid wavefront sensor

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 25, 2006, Pages 11925-11934

  Burvall, Anna ^a   Daly, Elizabeth ^a   Chamot, Stéphane R ^b   Dainty, Band Christopher ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; LIGHT MODULATION; WAVEFRONTS;

CIRCULAR MODULATION; WAVEFRONT DERIVATIVES; WAVEFRONT SENSORS;

OPTICAL SENSORS;

EID: 33845390795     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.011925     Document Type: Article

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