title: Corner cube array COAT.
abstract: A novel coherent optical adaptive system based on the pistonwise control of an array of corner cubes (CCA-COAT) is presented as phase conjugator. Its performance is analytically examined in detail, and it is numerically compared with that of a segmented-mirror COAT, showing that the CCA-COAT can attain typically a several times larger Strehl ratio when the same number of elements is used. Some basic experimental results indicating its effectiveness are also shown.
authors.affiliation: Tokyo Institute of Technology, Graduate School at Nagatsuta, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama-shi, 227, Japan.
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authors.lastname: Sato
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authors.lastname: Nagura
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authors.lastname: Ikeda
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authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hatsuzawa