Iterative reverse optimization procedure for calibration of aspheric wave-front measurements on a nonnull interferometer

Applied Optics

Volumn 43, Issue 27, 2004, Pages 5152-5161

  Gappinger, Robert O ^a   Greivenkamp, John E ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; ERROR ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONS; INTERFEROMETERS; ITERATIVE METHODS; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; OPTIMIZATION;

ASPHERIC WAVEFRONTS; NONULL INTERFEROMETERS; OPTICAL PATH LENGTH (OPL);

WAVEFRONTS;

EID: 4944220083     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.43.005152     Document Type: Article

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