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    • Optical Engineering
    • Interferometry

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    • Wavefront sensing is crucial for optical system performance.
    • Existing methods face limitations in precision and real-time application.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To introduce a novel wavefront sensor utilizing a polarizing point-diffraction beam splitter.
    • To analytically investigate the sensor's performance, precision, and efficiency.

    Main Methods:

    • Development of a real-time point-diffraction interferometer using transmitted and reflected beams.
    • Analytical formulation to study wavefront error measurement and uncertainty propagation.

    Main Results:

    • The sensor achieves high precision and efficiency.
    • Wavefront measurement accuracy decreases with increasing pinhole radius (Rpin).
    • Calibration by estimating pinhole effects and polarizing properties yields a few percent precision.

    Conclusions:

    • The novel sensor offers a precise and efficient method for real-time wavefront sensing.
    • Optimal performance requires the pinhole radius to be less than half the Airy disk radius.
    • Analytical insights guide the calibration and optimization of the wavefront sensor.