A new wave of quality control: Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensing
How the Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensing technique can be used to simply and quickly assess the quality of optical systems
How the Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensing technique can be used to simply and quickly assess the quality of optical systems
This white paper will review the theory of Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensing and explain how it can be used to simply and quickly assess the quality of optical systems.
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