Re: ATM Interferometry analysis of 25"

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In a message dated 8/29/00 6:10:06 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
burrjaw@halcyon.com writes:

<< Ahha!  A very nice example of a good mirror (Strehl > .8) that fails the
 ¼-wave rule.  The trouble with the Rayleigh Criterion is that it doesn't
 take into consideration how broad the peak is or where it is (edge=bad,
 center=no problem).  Better not spend the money on interferometric tests if
 you don't look at the right result.
 
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  >>


I can post a high resolution image of the Contour/Isometric phase map
if this will help with evaluation??? 
Scott