Abstract

WaveLab is a Hartmann wavefront sensor data analysis system that permits virtually any Hartmann test data to be quickly converted to wavefronts and all derivative types of information such as point spread functions, OTFs, and encircled energies. It uses a graphical interface that makes standard data reduction straightforward and also provides a command line interface for customized data handling. It is user customizable in two ways: WaveLab is an extension to the tcl scripting language and all of the high level reduction routines are in the form of tcl scripts. The user may add their own scripts to handle data in specialized ways. Secondly, the user may add c language functions to the WaveLab / tcl system. This allows the inclusion of more esoteric or complex routines than maybe easily coded at the tcl script level. All the data files used or generated by WaveLab are in an extension of the FITS format.

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