@article{10902/3875, year = {2012}, month = {9}, url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10902/3875}, abstract = {In this Letter, we introduce a wavefront slope sensor based on a diffractive element. The diffractive element wavefront sensor (DEWS) produces four double overlapping copies of the incoming wavefront acting like a combination of shearing and pyramidal sensors. The DEWS allows a simple and fast slope estimate. The wavefront sampling can be as high as the number of pixel assigned to cover a wavefront copy, and it can be modified with only binning the CCD pixels. The theory for designing the sensor, its application to extract local slope information, and a simple noise analysis are presented. An application example for atmosphere aberrated wavefronts is demonstrated.}, publisher = {The Optical Society (OSA)}, publisher = {Optics Letters, Vol. 37, Issue 18, pp. 3813-3815 (2012)}, title = {Wavefront sensing using diffractive elements}, author = {Pérez Cagigal, Manuel and Valle Herrero, Pedro José}, }