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Method and apparatus for wavefront sensing

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OSTI ID:1303529
A method of measuring characteristics of a wavefront of an incident beam includes obtaining an interferogram associated with the incident beam passing through a transmission mask and Fourier transforming the interferogram to provide a frequency domain interferogram. The method also includes selecting a subset of harmonics from the frequency domain interferogram, individually inverse Fourier transforming each of the subset of harmonics to provide a set of spatial domain harmonics, and extracting a phase profile from each of the set of spatial domain harmonics. The method further includes removing phase discontinuities in the phase profile, rotating the phase profile, and reconstructing a phase front of the wavefront of the incident beam.
Research Organization:
RAM PHOTONICS, LLC, San Diego, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FC52-08NA28302
Assignee:
RAM PHOTONICS, LLC (San Diego, CA)
Patent Number(s):
9,423,306
Application Number:
14/587,392
OSTI ID:
1303529
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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