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Paper Abstract
The principle of Hartmann wavefront sensor is that the centroid angle deviation of spot equals to the mean slope of the
phase on the subaperture, but its precision is up to one of two assumptions: the beam is divided into plan wave and the
beam intensity distribution is uniform on each subaperture. When none of these two assumptions is satisfied in the
wavefront detection, the centroid angle deviation of far field spot is not exactly equals to the mean slope of the phase on
each subaperture, and finally the wavefront detecting error is produced. A similar case occurs when calibrating the
Hartmann wavefront sensor. The translation error of microlens arrays and the focal length differences of microlens arrays
would introduce defocuses on all subapertures, the centroid of the far-field spot is not the same as the mean slope of the
phase of calibrating beam when the calibrating beam has nonuniform intensity distribution, as a result, the calibration
error of Hartmann wavefront sensor comes out. Two formulas, which evaluate the calibration error associated with the
nonumiform intensity distribution and the defocus of microlens arrays are obtained in this paper, these formulas provide
theoretical supports to design and calibrate a Hartman Sensor required millesimal wavelength precision. Also a new
parameter is derived to characterize the nonuniformity of the intensity distribution.
Paper Details
Date Published: 12 October 2010
PDF: 6 pages
Proc. SPIE 7656, 5th International Symposium on Advanced Optical Manufacturing and Testing Technologies: Optical Test and Measurement Technology and Equipment, 765675 (12 October 2010); doi: 10.1117/12.866666
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 7656:
5th International Symposium on Advanced Optical Manufacturing and Testing Technologies: Optical Test and Measurement Technology and Equipment
Yudong Zhang; Jose M. Sasian; Libin Xiang; Sandy To, Editor(s)
PDF: 6 pages
Proc. SPIE 7656, 5th International Symposium on Advanced Optical Manufacturing and Testing Technologies: Optical Test and Measurement Technology and Equipment, 765675 (12 October 2010); doi: 10.1117/12.866666
Show Author Affiliations
Jian Huang, Institute of Optics and Electronics (China)
The Key Lab. on Adaptive Optics (China)
Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)
The Key Lab. on Adaptive Optics (China)
Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)
Hao Xian, Institute of Optics and Electronics (China)
The Key Lab. on Adaptive Optics (China)
The Key Lab. on Adaptive Optics (China)
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 7656:
5th International Symposium on Advanced Optical Manufacturing and Testing Technologies: Optical Test and Measurement Technology and Equipment
Yudong Zhang; Jose M. Sasian; Libin Xiang; Sandy To, Editor(s)
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