The adaptive Shack–Hartmann sensor.pdf

Optics Communications 216 (2 3) 313–319 /locate/optcom The adaptive Shack–Hartmann sensor * L. Seifert , J. Liesener, H.J. Tiziani € Institut fuur Technische Optik, Pfaffenwaldring 9, 70569 Stuttgart, German Received 27 May 2 2; received in revised form 22 October 2 2; accepted 29 December 2 2 Abstract Replacing the static microlens array in a Shack–Hartmann sensor by a liquid-crystal display offers a very flexible measurement approach. The liquid-crystal display is used for the generation of an array of Fresnel microlenses. The design parameters of the microlenses like focal length, number of lenses, position, and aperture size can be quickly adapted to solve difficult measurement tasks. This adaptive Shack–Hartmann sensor allows a pre-correction of the wavefront to take care of larger aberrations and to achieve a higher measurement accuracy. This makes new strategies possible to determine the wavefront. 2 3 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. PACS: 42.15.Dp; 42.15.Fr; 42.30.Rx; 42.40.Jv; 42.40.My; 42.87.)d Keywords: Adaptive Shack–Hartmann sensor; Adaptive optics; Wavefront sensor 1. Introduction dimensional field of partial derivatives of the wavefront W: Common Shack–Hartmann sensors (SHS) o 1 Dx consist of a microlens array and a CCD (charge ½rW ¼ ox W ¼