Orthonormal polynomials in wavefront analysis: Analytical solution

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

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2994-3016

  Mahajan, Virendra N ^a   Dai, Guang Ming ^b  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b AMO Laser Vision Correction Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; MIRRORS; POLYNOMIALS;

CARTESIAN COORDINATE; CLOSED-FORM POLYNOMIAL; ORTHONORMAL COEFFICIENT; POLAR COORDINATES; WAVEFRONT ANALYSIS; ZERNIKE CIRCLE POLYNOMIAL;

WAVEFRONTS;

EID: 36448970559     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.24.002994     Document Type: Article

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