Abstract
The Laser Interferometry Space Antenna for the detection of Gravitational Waves is a very long baseline interferometer that will measure the changes in the distance of a five million kilometer arm to pico meter accuracies. Knowledge of the phase deviations from a spherical wave and what causes these deviations are needed considerations in the design of the telescope and in determining pointing requirements. Here we present the far field phase deviations from a spherical wave for given Zernike aberrations and obscurations of the exit pupil.
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Eugene Waluschka "LISA far-field phase patterns", Proc. SPIE 3779, Current Developments in Optical Design and Optical Engineering VIII, (5 October 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.368217
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KEYWORDS
Optical spheres

Nanoimprint lithography

Space operations

Space telescopes

Spherical lenses

Telescopes

Monochromatic aberrations

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