Dual shear wavefront sensor

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PATENT NO 4696573
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06751633

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A wavefront of light is focused upon a first shearing interferometer having a relatively large shear and small dynamic range and a relatively minor portion of the light is focused upon a second shearing interferometer having a relatively small shear but large dynamic range. Owing to the limited dynamic range of the first shearing interferometer a plurality of a plurality of virtual candidate measurements are manifest which are compared with the temporally and/or spatially averaged values of each measurement produced by the second shearing interferometer and the closest match is employed to obtain a highly accurate unambiguous reading of the wavefront slope measurements.

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B F GOODRICH COMPANY THE3925 EMBASSY PARKWAY AKRON OHIO 44313 USA

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Hutchin, Richard A Marlboro, MA 41 606

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