High-precision open-loop adaptive optics system based on LC-SLM

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 10774-10781

  Li, Chao ^a,b   Xia, Mingliang ^a,b   Mu, Quanquan ^a,b   Jiang, Baoguang ^a,b   Xuan, Li ^a   Cao, Zhaoliang ^a  

^a CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF OPTICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; LIGHT; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT MODULATORS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; VISION AIDS; WAVEFRONTS;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS SYSTEMS; CLOSED LOOP CONFIGURATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL SPATIAL MODULATOR; OPEN LOOP CONTROL; ROOT MEAN SQUARE VALUES; SYSTEM BANDWIDTH; WAVEFRONT ABERRATIONS; WAVEFRONT CORRECTOR;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EYE REFRACTION; HUMAN; LIQUID CRYSTAL; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICS; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETINA; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL DEVICES; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; REFRACTION, OCULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETINA; VISION, OCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 67649286407     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.010774     Document Type: Article

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