Use of Zernike polynomials for efficient estimation of orthonormal aberration coefficients over variable noncircular pupils

Optics Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 2173-2175

  Lee, Hanshin ^a  

^a University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABERRATION COEFFICIENTS; ANALYTIC METHOD; EFFICIENT ESTIMATION; FUNCTIONAL FORMS; GRAM-SCHMIDT; HOBBY-EBERLY TELESCOPE; IMAGING SENSORS; LEAST SQUARES FIT; NON-CIRCULAR; ORTHONORMAL; ORTHONORMAL POLYNOMIALS; PIXELATION; WAVEFRONT ANALYSIS; WAVEFRONT DATA; ZERNIKE POLYNOMIAL FITTING; ZERNIKE POLYNOMIALS;

ABERRATIONS; RADIO TELESCOPES; WAVEFRONTS;

POLYNOMIALS;

EID: 77954986361     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: 15394794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.35.002173     Document Type: Article

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