Date of Award
3-2020
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering
Department
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
First Advisor
Stephen C. Cain, PhD
Abstract
There is currently a lack of research into how the atmosphere effects Zernike piston. This Zernike piston is a coefficient related to the average phase delay of a wave. Usually Zernike piston can be ignored over a single aperture because it is merely a delay added to the entire wavefront. For multi-aperture interferometers though piston cannot be ignored. The statistics of Zernike piston could supplement and improve atmospheric monitoring, adaptive optics, stellar interferometers, and fringe tracking. This research will focus on developing a statistical model for Zernike piston introduced by atmospheric turbulence.
AFIT Designator
AFIT-ENG-MS-20-M-023
DTIC Accession Number
AD1097734
Recommended Citation
Garretson, Joshua J., "Zernike Piston Statistics in Turbulent Multi-Aperture Optical Systems" (2020). Theses and Dissertations. 3161.
https://scholar.afit.edu/etd/3161