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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 1997
Filed:
Jul. 07, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Rensheng Dou, Las Cruces, NM (US);
Michael K Giles, Las Cruces, NM (US);
Assignee:
New Mexico State University Technology Transfer Corp., Las Cruces, NM (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
349-1 ; 349116 ; 356345 ; 356355 ;
Abstract
An adaptive optics system which simultaneously measures the phase function and corrects the phase distortion of a wavefront using a liquid crystal device placed in an interferometer. The liquid crystal device inserts the conjugate phase function in the path and obtains a null in the interference pattern.