Concepts, measurement, and reconstruction techniques for the wavefront of optical beams are considered. The significance of the wavefront is discussed in terms of correctability, beam-propagation, and quality, for increasing levels of complexity, reaching from the geometric optical approximation to the scalar theory of partial coherent beams. Experimental results are presented for the Hartmann-Shack sensor.


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    Title :

    Wavefront analysis - theory and practice


    Contributors:
    Schafer, B. (author)


    Publication date :

    2003-01-01


    Size :

    82239 byte



    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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