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Exact equations to measure highly aberrated wavefronts with the Hartmann test
Optics Express
|October 29, 2020
Abstract:
An exact vector expression for the deformations of a wavefront from any chosen reference surface, as a function of the directions of the real and reference rays, is deduced. It can be used with slope measuring test methods, such as Hartmann or Ronchi tests, but the need for a spherical reference is removed. We present simulated and experimental results to show the feasibility of this proposal.
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