Abstract

We first propose a line-scanning Hartmann wavefront sensor (LS-HWS) with extended aperture. In the LS-HWS, a line-scanning imaging sensor was driven by a motor and scanning behind a large-area Hartman mask. Compared to the traditional Hartman wavefront sensor with two-dimensional imaging sensors, our method can significantly enlarge the aperture because of the larger imaging area with line-scanning imaging sensors. Cross correlation registration was adopted to reduce the scanning error. Experiments on two single spherical lenses and a free-form lens were performed to demonstrate the capability of the LS-HWS method. The results show that our method can achieve an aperture of $17.5 \times 37.5\;{{\rm mm}^2}$ with the prototype system, which could be further extended easily and is limited only by the size of the line-scanning imaging sensor and the scanning range of the motor. We believe that the LS-HWS method is promising for many wavefront sensing applications where a large aperture is preferred.

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