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    • Optical Engineering
    • Wavefront Sensing
    • Interferometry

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    • Traditional wavefront sensors often require complex setups.
    • Point-diffraction interferometers offer a compact solution for aberration measurement.
    • Existing configurations may have limitations in simultaneous phase and amplitude retrieval.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To propose a novel pupil-plane wavefront sensor.
    • To enhance the capabilities of point-diffraction interferometry for aberration measurement.
    • To enable simultaneous measurement of wavefront phase and amplitude.

    Main Methods:

    • Developing a modified point-diffraction interferometer configuration.
    • Directly measuring intensities of test and reference beams.
    • Utilizing the sine function of phase difference for reconstruction when aberrations are small.

    Main Results:

    • The proposed sensor can reconstruct both wavefront phase and amplitude.
    • Numerical simulations demonstrate performance comparable to the original design.
    • The simplified measurement approach reduces data acquisition requirements.

    Conclusions:

    • The novel sensor design offers an efficient method for instantaneous phase and amplitude aberration measurement.
    • This development advances the field of optical testing and metrology.
    • The simplified configuration holds promise for practical applications in optical systems.