Patent ID: 9519141
Filing Date: 2016-12-13
CPC Classification: A61B,G01J,G01M,G02B,G02F

Claim Text:
1. A correspondence relation specifying method for an adaptive optics system, which includes a spatial light modulator configured to spatially modulate a phase of an optical image incident on a modulation surface including N (N is a natural number) two-dimensionally arranged regions and a wavefront sensor including a lens array having N two-dimensionally arranged lenses corresponding to the N regions and an optical detection element for detecting a light intensity distribution including M (M is a natural number and M≦N) converging spots formed by the lens array and configured to receive the optical image after the modulation from the spatial light modulator and which compensates for wavefront distortion by controlling a phase pattern displayed in the spatial light modulator based on a wavefront shape of the optical image obtained from the light intensity distribution, wherein a correspondence relation between the region of the spatial light modulator and the converging spot formed in the wavefront sensor is specified while the compensation for the wavefront distortion is executed, the correspondence relation specifying method comprising: a first detecting step of detecting the light intensity distribution through the optical detection element in a state in which a phase pattern for compensating for the wavefront distortion is displayed in a specific target region among the N regions of the spatial light modulator; a second detecting step of detecting the light intensity distribution through the optical detection element in a state in which a spatially non-linear phase pattern is displayed in the specific target region before or after the first detecting step; and a first specifying step of specifying a converging spot corresponding to the specific target region among the M converging spots based on a change in the light intensity distribution between the first detecting step and the second detecting step.