Adaptive Petal Reflector: In-Lab Software Configurable Optical Testing System Metrology and Modal Wavefront Reconstruction

CJG Nielsen, A Preumont - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
This paper addresses two aspects of the metrology of spherical, petal polymer reflectors
which are part of an effort by the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop actively …

New earth system model for optical performance evaluation of space instruments

D Ryu, SW Kim, RP Breault - Optics Express, 2017 - opg.optica.org
In this study, a new global earth system model is introduced for evaluating the optical
performance of space instruments. Simultaneous imaging and spectroscopic results are …

Centroids computation and point spread function analysis for reverse Hartmann test

Z Zhao, M Hui, M Liu, L Dong, L Kong, Y Zhao - Optics Communications, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper studies the point spread function (PSF) and centroids computation methods to
improve the performance of reverse Hartmann test (RHT) in poor conditions, such as …

Methods of defining circular off-axis aspheric mirrors

JY Han, S Lee - Journal of Astronomical Telescopes …, 2018 - spiedigitallibrary.org
We investigated the definition for circular off-axis aspheric mirrors (COAMs). The clear
opening of the COAM obtained by projecting a circular aperture on the aspheric surface …

Centroids analysis for circle of confusion in reverse Hartmann test

Z Zhao, M Hui, ZZ Xia, YJ Zhao - Chinese Physics B, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
The point spread function (PSF) is investigated in order to study the centroids algorithm in a
reverse Hartmann test (RHT) system. Instead of the diffractive Airy disk in previous …