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WaveScope Wavefront Sensor

With several options to meet most requirements from the UV through the IR, the WaveScope® wavefront sensor is the core of AOA's family of precision electro-optical instruments.

WaveScope Product Line:
WFS-01: visible light wavefront sensor
WFS-mini: visible light wavefront sensor
WFS-UV: UV wavefront sensor
WFS-IR: IR wavefront sensor
WFS-CMOS: visible light wavefront sensor

WFS-01: Visible light wavefront sensor

Wavelength Range: 400 - 1064 nm
Aperture: 10 mm diameter
Frame Rate: 30 Hz
Full Aperture Tilt Range: 400l P to V @ 632.8 nm
Pupil Shape: circular, rectangular, obscured
Lenslet Pitch: 480 micron, 300 micron, 190 micron
Gradient Accuracy: l/20 P to V @ 632.8 nm
RMS wavefront error: l/100 RMS @ 632.8 nm
Exposure Control: 1/60 to 1/10,000 second
Data Collection: 30 Hz burst, wavefront averaging
Output: ASCII, binary, FITS, TIF, GIF, BMP, PS, JPG, Code V, and Zemax compatible Zernikes; Wire, contour, and text displays
Measurements: Spot images, gradient vectors, OPD, PSF, MTF, encircled energy, fringes, beam profile, laser beam quality, Zernike, monomial, Seidel, Hermite, Chebychev, and Legendre polynomials


Includes:

  • WaveScope Sensor.
  • 3 Micro Lenslet Arrays.
  • WaveScope Electronics Box.
  • Pentium PC or Laptop with Windows OS.
  • WaveScope Software Package.
  • TK/Tcl Scripting language to allow user to create custom WaveScope program.
Benefits:
  • Insensitive to table vibrations and air turbulence.
  • Operates with coherent, monochromatic, or white light.
  • Extensive analytical software package included.


WFS-mini: Visible light wavefront sensor

Specifications:

Wavelength Range: 400 - 1064 nm
Aperture: 5 mm diameter
Frame Rate: 30 Hz
Full Aperture Tilt Range: 80l P to V @ 632.8 nm
Pupil Shape: circular, rectangular, obscured
Lenslet Pitch: 250 micron, 190 micron
Gradient Accuracy: l/50 P to V @ 632.8 nm
RMS wavefront error: l/100 RMS @ 632.8 nm
Exposure Control: 1/60 to 1/10,000 second
Data Collection: 30 Hz burst, wavefront averaging
Output: ASCII, binary, FITS, TIF, GIF, BMP, PS, JPG, Code V, and Zemax compatible Zernikes; Wire, contour, and text displays
Measurements: Spot images, gradient vectors, OPD, PSF, MTF, encircled energy, fringes, beam profile, laser beam quality, Zernike, monomial, Seidel, Hermite, Chebychev, and Legendre polynomials


Includes:
  • WaveScope Sensor
  • 3 Micro Lenslet Arrays
  • WaveScope Electronics Box
  • Pentium PC or Laptop with Windows OS
  • WaveScope Software Package
  • TK/Tcl Scripting language to allow user to create custom WaveScope program
Benefits:
  • Insensitive to table vibrations and air turbulence.
  • Operates with coherent, monochromatic, or white light.
  • Extensive analytical software package included.


WFS-UV: UV wavefront sensor

Specifications:

Wavelength Range: 193 - 400 nm
Aperture: 10 mm diameter
Frame Rate: 30 Hz
Full Aperture Tilt Range: 200l P to V @ 632.8 nm
Pupil Shape: circular, rectangular, obscured
Lenslet Pitch: 300 nm
Gradient Accuracy: l/50 P to V @ 632.8 nm
RMS wavefront error: l/100 RMS @ 632.8 nm
Exposure Control: 1/60 to 1/10,000 second
Data Collection: 30 Hz burst, wavefront averaging
Output: ASCII, binary, FITS, TIF, GIF, BMP, PS, JPG, Code V, and Zemax compatible Zernikes; Wire, contour, and text displays
Measurements: Spot images, gradient vectors, OPD, PSF, MTF, encircled energy, fringes, beam profile, laser beam quality, Zernike, monomial, Seidel, Hermite, Chebychev, and Legendre polynomials


Includes:

  • WaveScope Sensor
  • 3 Micro Lenslet Arrays
  • WaveScope Electronics Box
  • Pentium PC or Laptop with Windows OS
  • WaveScope Software Package
  • TK/Tcl Scripting language to allow user to create custom WaveScope program
Benefits:
  • Insensitive to table vibrations and air turbulence.
  • Operates with coherent, monochromatic, or white light.
  • Extensive analytical software package included.


WFS-IR: IR wavefront sensor

Specifications:

Wavelength Range: 900 - 1,700 nm
Aperture: 16 mm diameter
Frame Rate: 60 Hz
Full Aperture Tilt Range: 100l P to V @ 1064 nm
Pupil Shape: circular, rectangular, obscured
Lenslet Pitch: 500 microns
Gradient Accuracy: l/35 P to V @ 1064 nm
RMS wavefront error: l/50 RMS @ 1064 nm
Exposure Control: 1/60 to 1/10,000 second
Data Collection: 60 Hz burst, wavefront averaging
Output: ASCII, binary, FITS, TIF, GIF, BMP, PS, JPG, Code V, and Zemax compatible Zernikes; Wire, contour, and text displays
Measurements: Spot images, gradient vectors, OPD, PSF, MTF, encircled energy, fringes, beam profile, laser beam quality, Zernike, monomial, Seidel, Hermite, Chebychev, and Legendre polynomials

Includes:
  • WaveScope Sensor
  • 1 Micro Lenslet Arrays
  • WaveScope Electronics Box
  • Pentium PC or Laptop with Windows OS
  • WaveScope Software Package
  • TK/Tcl Scripting language to allow user to create custom WaveScope program
Benefits:
  • Insensitive to table vibrations and air turbulence.
  • Operates with coherent, monochromatic, or white light.
  • Extensive analytical software package included.

WFS-CMOS: CMOS wavefront sensor

Specifications:

Wavelength Range: 400 - 106 nm
Aperture: 9 mm diameter
Frame Rate:Using variable window size

  • 30Hz / 60Hz 480x640 pixels
  • 122Hz / 245Hz 256x256 pixels
  • 405Hz / 811Hz 128x128 pixels
  • Full Aperture Tilt Range: 400l P to V @ 632.8 nm
    Pupil Shape: circular, rectangular, obscured
    Lenslet Pitch: 480 micron, 300 micron, 190 micron
    Gradient Accuracy: l/20 P to V @ 632.8 nm
    RMS wavefront error: l/100 RMS @ 632.8 nm
    Exposure Control: 1/60 to 1/10,000 second
    Data Collection: variable - depends on window size
    Output: ASCII, binary, FITS, TIF, GIF, BMP, PS, JPG, Code V, and Zemax compatible Zernikes; Wire, contour, and text displays
    Measurements: Spot images, gradient vectors, OPD, PSF, MTF, encircled energy, fringes, beam profile, laser beam quality, Zernike, monomial, Seidel, Hermite, Chebychev, and Legendre polynomials

    Includes:
    • WaveScope Sensor
    • 3 Micro Lenslet Arrays
    • WaveScope Electronics Box
    • Pentium PC or Laptop with Windows OS
    • WaveScope Software Package
    • TK/Tcl Scripting language to allow user to create custom WaveScope program
    Benefits:
    • Insensitive to table vibrations and air turbulence.
    • Operates with coherent, monochromatic, or white light.
    • Extensive analytical software package included.

    Customized Solutions

    As a manufacturer of electro-optical instruments since 1978, AOA has the experience and technical staff to solve your wavefront sensing problems. For requirements other than those of our standard products, WaveScope can be tailored to almost any application.

     

     

    For sales, please contact us at info@aoainc.com

     


    WaveScope, WaveLab are trademarks used by Adaptive Optics, Inc. All other trademarks and service marks are the property of their respective holders. WaveScope is protected under one or more of the following US patents: 4,490,039; 4,737,621; 5,629,76.

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