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Calibration of a Shack–Hartmann sensor for absolute measurements of wavefronts

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We demonstrate a method with which to calibrate a Shack–Hartmann sensor for absolute wavefront measurement of collimated laser beams. Nearly perfect spherical wavefronts originating from a single-mode fiber were used as references. After the calibration, the uncertainty of the wavefront was less than λ/100 peak to valley across a diameter of 6 mm. For example, this method allowed us to balance aberrations and prepare collimated beams with wavefronts that are plane to λ/500 across 1 mm.

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