Estimation of optical turbulence characteristics from Shack Hartmann wavefront sensor measurements

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7816, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Brennan, Terry J ^a   Mann, David C ^a  

^a Optical Sciences Company   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENCE LENGTHS; ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES; FIELD MEASUREMENT; GREENWOOD FREQUENCY; HARTMANN WAVE FRONT SENSORS; HIGH FRAME RATE; HIGH RESOLUTION; INNER SCALE; MOBILE SENSORS; OPTICAL PROPAGATION; OPTICAL TURBULENCE; PERFORMANCE PREDICTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX FLUCTUATIONS; ROTATIONAL COMPONENT; SHACK-HARTMANN WAVEFRONT SENSORS; SLOPE STRUCTURE; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; SYSTEM DESIGN;

ESTIMATION; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SENSORS; WAVEFRONTS;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

EID: 77957980728     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.862808     Document Type: Conference Paper

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