Compact lateral shearing interferometer to determine continuous wave fronts

Proceedings of 3DTV-CON

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Falldorf, C ^a   Kopylow, C ^a   Juptner W ^a  

^a Bremer Institut für Angewandte Strahltechnik

Author keywords

Lateral shearing interferometry; Spatial light modulator; Wave front reconstruction

Indexed keywords

COMPACT IMPLEMENTATIONS; CONTINUOUS WAVES; DEGREE OF FLEXIBILITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCES; INTERFEROMETRIC DATUMS; LATERAL SHEARING INTERFEROMETERS; LATERAL SHEARING INTERFEROMETRY; LIQUID CRYSTAL SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATORS; MOVING PARTS; PHASE DISTRIBUTIONS; RADIAL SHEARS; SET-UPS; SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATOR; WAVE FRONT RECONSTRUCTION;

DIGITAL TELEVISION; INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUID MEMBRANES; MODULATION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; RESTORATION; SHEARING; TELEVISION BROADCASTING; WAVEFRONTS;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 47949117220     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/3DTV.2007.4379400     Document Type: Conference Paper

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