Wavefront fitting of interferogram with Zernike polynomials

Bo Qi; Hongbin Chen; Nengli Dong

doi:10.1117/1.1481726

1 July 2002 Wavefront fitting of interferogram with Zernike polynomials

Bo Qi, Hongbin Chen, Nengli Dong

Optical Engineering, Vol. 41, Issue 7, (July 2002). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.1481726

We introduce an algorithm for wavefront fitting of interfero- grams with Zernike polynomials. The algorithm is based on a singular value decomposition (SVD). SVD is superior to other reconstruction algorithms to some extent. We also introduce the optimum Zernike mode number. With the optimum number of modes, wavefronts can be expressed more exactly. The F-test has been widely used in many fields, and we introduce it to optical wavefront analyzing. We also do computer simulations of this algorithm.

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Bo Qi, Hongbin Chen, and Nengli Dong "Wavefront fitting of interferogram with Zernike polynomials," Optical Engineering 41(7), (1 July 2002). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.1481726

Published: 1 July 2002

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