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Depth-Resolved Wavefront Aberrations using a Coherence-Gated Shack-Hartmann Wavefront Sensor

Tuohy, Simon, Podoleanu, Adrian G.H. (2010) Depth-Resolved Wavefront Aberrations using a Coherence-Gated Shack-Hartmann Wavefront Sensor. Optics Express, 18 (4). pp. 3458-3476. ISSN 1094-4087. (doi:10.1364/OE.18.003458) (KAR id:30208)

Abstract

In the present paper we investigate the possibility of narrowing the depth range of a physical Shack - Hartmann (SH) wavefront sensor (WFS) by using coherence gating. For the coherence gating, two low coherence interferometry (LCI) methods are evaluated and proof of principle configurations demonstrated: (i) a time domain LCI method based on phase shifting interferometry and (ii) a spectral domain LCI method, based on tuning a narrow band optical source. The two configurations are used to demonstrate each, the possibility of constructing a coherence gated (CG) SH/WFS. It is shown that these configurations produce spot patterns similar to those provided by a conventional SH/WFS. The two proof of principle configurations are also used to illustrate elimination of stray reflections in the interface optics which normally disturb the operation of conventional SH/WFSs. The speed and noise performance of the two CG-SH/WFS implementations are discussed.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1364/OE.18.003458
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Uncontrolled keywords: Ophthalmology; Optical coherence tomography; Medical optics instrumentation; Adaptive Optics; Microscopy
Subjects: R Medicine > RE Ophthalmology
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Natural Sciences > Physics and Astronomy
Depositing User: Tina Thompson
Date Deposited: 20 Aug 2012 09:41 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 10:08 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/30208 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

University of Kent Author Information

Podoleanu, Adrian G.H..

Creator's ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4899-9656
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