Simple low cost tip-tilt wavefront sensor having extended dynamic range

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13785441

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A low cost, high reliability system for correcting aberrations in optical signals is disclosed. A foreoptic assembly, such as a telescope, receives an incoming optical signal and directs it to an active optical element, such as a fast steering mirror. The incoming optical signal is diffracted by a diffractive optical element to shape the image that is formed at a wavefront sensor, such as a quad-cell. The wavefront sensor measures a tip-tilt aberration of the incoming optical signal and the active optical element is adjusted to correct the measured aberration. An outgoing optical signal can be transmitted along substantially the same optical path as the incoming optical signal, but in the opposite direction. Thus, the aberration measured from the incoming optical signal can be automatically accounted for in the outgoing optical signal.

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EOS DEFENSE SYSTEMS USA INCWALL TRIANA HWY SW HUNTSVILLE AL 35824

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Chang, Yu Chun Campbell, US 5 17
Fleischer, Siegfried Campbell, US 21 404
Graves, J Elon Los Gatos, US 33 1242
Northcott, Malcolm J Felton, US 51 1328
Tuttle, Jeffrey Campbell, US 1 6
Zambon, Paolo Campbell, US 12 280

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