Atmospheric wavefront simulation and Zernike polynomials

Nicolas A. Roddier

doi:10.1117/12.19346

1 August 1990 Atmospheric wavefront simulation and Zernike polynomials

Nicolas A. Roddier

Proceedings Volume 1237, Amplitude and Intensity Spatial Interferometry; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.19346
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation for the 21st Century, 1990, Tucson, AZ, United States

Abstract

An algorithm is described which simulates atmospherically distorted wavefronts using a Zernike expansion of randomly weighted Karhunen-Loeve functions. Its performance are presented and analyzed thereafter. The program is then used to forecast resulting structure function and Strehl resolution for adaptive optics systems.

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Nicolas A. Roddier "Atmospheric wavefront simulation and Zernike polynomials", Proc. SPIE 1237, Amplitude and Intensity Spatial Interferometry, (1 August 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.19346

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