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Old 17-04-2011, 07:18 AM
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Does anyone know the definition of "wavefront"

I tried looking up the exact definition for wavefront on google and got a bunch of definitions that use the word but not define it.

Is it the shape of a mirror or optical surface or is it the waves of errors like ripples on a pond on a surface? Wavefront errors being the deviation away from a perfectly smooth curve to the tops of these ripples?

Greg.
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