Full characterization wavefront sensor
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1. A Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor, comprising:
- a sequence of switchable diffractive waveplate microlens arrays in series;
an optical sensor array having an output; and
an electronics system for reading, analyzing and displaying the output of the optical sensor array in order to derive the phase of optical wavefronts and intensity distribution in a beam incident on the Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor.
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Abstract
Sensors, devices, apparatus, systems and methods for replacing microlens arrays with one or more switchable diffractive waveplate microlens arrays for providing measurements of wavefronts and intensity distribution in light beams with high spatial resolution with a single optical radiation sensor. The device acts like a conventional Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor when the microlens array elements are in focusing state, and the device performs light beam intensity profile characterization acting as a beam profiler when the optical power of lens array elements is switched off.
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12 Claims
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1. A Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor, comprising:
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a sequence of switchable diffractive waveplate microlens arrays in series; an optical sensor array having an output; and an electronics system for reading, analyzing and displaying the output of the optical sensor array in order to derive the phase of optical wavefronts and intensity distribution in a beam incident on the Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A Shack-Hartmann sensor system, comprising:
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a sequence of at least two switchable diffractive waveplate microlens arrays in series for receiving an optical wavefront; and an optical sensor array having a plurality of pixels, wherein the sequence of at least two switchable diffractive waveplate microlens arrays focuses the optical wavefront on a focal spot of the optical sensor array for the Shack-Hartmann sensor system. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A Shack-Hartmann sensor system for wavefront and intensity profile measurement of light beams, comprising:
a sequence of diffractive waveplate microlens arrays in series, wherein optical power of the sequence of diffractive waveplate microlens arrays is cycled between focusing and non-focusing states allowing to combine wavefront measurement of a light beam in focusing state with beam intensity profile measurement in non-focusing state for the Shack-Hartmann sensor system.
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