The
Department of Physics
is
pleased to announce a
colloquium
with
Weidong
Yang
MTU, Physics Graduate Student
A
Non-Fourier-Transform approach to the solution of small phase retrieval problem
Advisor: Christ Ftaclas, Alex Kostinski
Abstract: The small phase retrieval
problem is very important in many applications such as in the direct detection
of extrasolar planets, wave front sensing, etc. In the direct detection of
extrasolar planets in the visible light region, the ability of sensing and correcting
the wave front errors to the order of 
are required.
In this talk, a one-dimensional model of reconstructing small wave front errors will be presented and it will be seen that this non-Fourier-Transform approach is very suitable for the potential application of coronagraphs in the detection of the extreme small wave front errors.
Thursday, February
14, 2002
Fisher Hall Room 139, 4:00 p.m.