Tomographic wavefont analysis system and method of mapping an optical system

A tomographic wavefront analysis system, comprising:

• a projection system projecting a scanned, polarized, collimated light beam, the projection system comprising,
• a light source producing a light beam,
• a collimating lens collimating the light beam,
• an aperture grid passing therethrough the collimated light beam;
• a polarizing beam splitter receiving and polarizing the collimated light beam,
• a scanning mirror reflecting and scanning the light beam over a plurality of desired directions as a function of time;
• and
• an optical imaging system receiving the scanned, polarized, collimated light beam and directing the scanned polarized collimated light beam onto a plurality of different locations in an eye;
• and
• a wavefront sensor receiving scattered light from each of the locations, the wavefront sensor including
• a lenslet array, receiving and focusing the scattered light, and
• a detector array detecting the focused scattered light.

A tomographic wavefront analysis system, comprising:

• a projection system creating a plurality of collimated light beams;
• an optical imaging system receiving the plurality of collimated light beams and simultaneously providing the plurality of collimated light beams onto a plurality of different locations in an eye;
• and
• a wavefront sensor simultaneously receiving scattered light from each of the different locations.

A method of measuring aberrations of a three-dimensional structure of a target optical system, comprising:

• creating a plurality of collimated light beams;
• simultaneously providing the plurality of collimated light beams onto a plurality of different locations in the target optical system;
• and
• simultaneously receiving scattered light from each of the different locations.

A tomographic wavefront analysis system, comprising:

• a projection system creating a light beam and scanning the light beam in a plurality of desired directions;
• an optical imaging system receiving the scanned light beam and providing the scanned light beam onto a plurality of different locations in a target optical system;
• and
• a wavefront sensor receiving scattered light from each of the different locations.

A method of measuring aberrations of a three-dimensional structure of a target optical system, comprising:

• creating a light beam;
• scanning the light beam in a plurality of desired directions;
• providing the scanned light beam onto a plurality of different locations in the target optical system;
• and
• receiving scattered light from each of the different locations.

A tomographic wavefront analysis system for measuring a target optical system, comprising:

• means for creating a plurality of light beams;
• means for optically imaging the light beams and projecting the light beams onto a plurality of different locations in the target optical system;
• and
• means for receiving scattered light from each of the locations and detecting individual wavefronts of the scattered light.

A wavefront sensor for a wavefront analysis system, comprising:

• a lenslet array receiving and focusing scattered light;
• and
• a plurality of detector arrays located at different detector planes and detecting the focused scattered light from the lenslet array,
• wherein each of the detector arrays is color-coded to substantially detect only light corresponding to a different corresponding wavelength.

A tomographic wavefront analysis system, comprising:

• a projection system creating a light beam;
• a fixation target sequentially focusing the eye in a plurality of different directions;
• an optical imaging system receiving the light beam and providing the light beam sequentially onto a plurality of different locations on a retina of the eye corresponding to the different directions in which the eye is focused by the fixation target;
• and
• a wavefront sensor receiving scattered light from each of the different locations.

A method of measuring aberrations of a three-dimensional structure of an eye, comprising:

• creating a light beam;
• sequentially focusing the eye in a plurality of different directions
• providing the light beam sequentially onto a plurality of different locations on a retina of the eye corresponding to the different directions in which the eye is focused by the fixation target;
• and
• receiving scattered light from each of the different locations.