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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 1993
Filed:
Mar. 11, 1992
William Zmek, Naugatuck, CT (US);
Hughes Danbury Optical Systems, Inc., Danbury, CT (US);
Abstract
A wavefront sensor (10) includes a radiation sensor (2) and an array (12) of lenslets (12A) that are optically coupled to the radiation sensor. The array of lenslets has a radiation receiving surface for receiving an incident wavefront and for focussing the wavefront at a plurality of focal positions upon the radiation sensor. Each of the lenslets comprises a diffractive optical element having an optical center that is located at a predetermined point for inducing an equal and opposite tilt to a portion of the wavefront incident on the lenslet. As a result, an aberration within that portion of the wavefront is cancelled. The predetermined point is determined to be equal to and opposite a focal spot shift of the lenslet.