Uncertainty detection for NIF normal pointing beam images

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6695, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Awwal, Abdul A S ^a   Law, Clement ^a   Ferguson, S Walter ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated optical alignment; Gaussian beam; Image processing; Image quality detection; Monte Carlo simulation; Position uncertainty; Wavefront correction

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED OPTICAL ALIGNMENT; IMAGE QUALITY DETECTION; POSITION UNCERTAINTY; WAVEFRONT CORRECTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAUSSIAN BEAMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

EID: 42149167887     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.740149     Document Type: Conference Paper

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