Shack-Hartmann null test using a pinhole array printed over a film screen

Javier Munoz-Lopez^a, Alberto Jaramillo-Nunez ^a, Efren Santamaria-Juarez ^b, Agustin Santiago-Alvarado and,
Alejandro Cornejo-Rodriguez^a
aInstituto Nacional de Astrofisica, Optica y Electronica (INAOE), Optics Deparment, Luis Enrrique Erro 1, Puebla 72840, Mexico
^bInstituto de Ciencias Aplicadas y Tecnologıa, (ICAT) Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM), Circuito Exterior S/N. Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacan, 04510, Mexico City, Mexico
^cUniversidad Tecnologica de la Mixteca (UTM), Carretera a Acatlima Km 2.5, Oaxaca 69000, Mexico.
Dedicated to Prof (Dr) Daniel Malacara-Hernández

This work reports the calculation of the Shack-Hartmann null test and its experimental implementation through a pinhole array screen, printed over a Fluorinated Ethylene Propylene film, probing qualitatively a concave mirror using coherent and incoherent light sources. © Anita Publications. All rights reserved.
Doi: 10.54955.AJP.33.12.2024.775-782
Keywords: Ronchi test, Hartmann test, Shack-Hartmann test.

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