Vol. 2, issue 02, article # 7

Abstract:

Wavefront phase structure function approximations are derived for a light wave distorted in a turbulent atmosphere. The influence of external tur-bulent scale is considered. The wavefront correction errors are calculated for membrane adaptive mirrors. Contributions of Zernike polynomials and eigenfunctions of correlation matrix for the structure function approximation are investigated.

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