A simple and robust method to extend the dynamic range of an aberrometer

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 19055-19061

  Leroux, C ^a   Dainty, C ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; WAVEFRONTS;

DYNAMIC RANGE; FIELD OF VIEWS; MEASUREMENTS OF; ROBUST METHODS; SHACK-HARTMANN; SHACK-HARTMANN WAVEFRONT SENSORS; ZERNIKE POLYNOMIALS;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 70350340454     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.019055     Document Type: Article

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