Digital Wavefront Sensor For Astronomical Image Compensation

J. G. Allen; A. Jankevics; D. Wormell; L. Schmutz

doi:10.1117/12.939713

22 April 1988 Digital Wavefront Sensor For Astronomical Image Compensation

J. G. Allen, A. Jankevics, D. Wormell, L. Schmutz

Proceedings Volume 0739, Phase Conjugation, Beam Combining, and Diagnostics; (1988) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.939713
Event: OE LASE'87 and EO Imaging Symposium, 1987, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

This paper describes a Hartmann type wavefront sensor designed for astronomical image compensation. The sensor uses real-time digital electronics to first compute the wavefront phase gradients over 37 subapertures and then perform a matrix multiply phase reconstruction.

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J. G. Allen, A. Jankevics, D. Wormell, and L. Schmutz "Digital Wavefront Sensor For Astronomical Image Compensation", Proc. SPIE 0739, Phase Conjugation, Beam Combining, and Diagnostics, (22 April 1988); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.939713

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