Statistical error of a compact high-resolution Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor with a discrete detector array

Applied Optics

Volumn 49, Issue 31, 2010, Pages

  Fleck, Andre ^a   Lakshminarayanan, Vasudevan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; ERRORS; WAVEFRONTS;

LABORATORY CONDITIONS; NOISE CHARACTERISTIC; OCULAR ABERRATIONS; SHACK-HARTMANN WAVEFRONT SENSORS; STANDARD DEVIATION; STATISTICAL ERRORS; THEORETICAL DERIVATIONS; WORKING DISTANCES;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

EID: 78149457125     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.49.00G136     Document Type: Article

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