A Variational Method of Wavefront Reconstruction from Local Slope Measurements Using a Fractional Order of Smoothness Stabilizer

Wavefront reconstruction from local slope estimates is performed by a family of variational methods with a fractional order stabilizer designed to ensure best uniform reconstruction of the front on the entire frequency spectrum. Analytical and numerical investigation of the space-frequency characteristic of the family and numerical experiments with reconstruction of regular and turbulent wavefronts have demonstrated the advantage of the proposed method over the common Simpson method.