Scalable stacked array piezoelectric deformable mirror for astronomy and laser processing applications [PDF]
, 2014 A prototype of a scalable and potentially low-cost stacked array piezoelectric deformable mirror (SA-PDM) with 35 active elements is presented in this paper. This prototype is characterized by a 2 μm maximum actuator stroke, a 1.4 μm mirror sag (measured
David Atkinson +13 more
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Research on a Decoupling Algorithm for the Dual-Deformable-Mirrors Correction System
Applied Sciences, 2023 Wavefront distortion caused by atmospheric turbulence can be described as different types of aberrations, such as piston, tilt, defocusing, astigmatism, coma and so on.
Jingyuan Liang +3 more
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CIAO: An on-the-shelf adaptive optics system for astronomers [PDF]
EPJ Web of Conferences, 2023 Since 1990, adaptive optics are used in astronomy to remove the effects of atmospheric turbulence, and then retrieve diffraction-limited images, even in bad seeing conditions.
Dovillaire Guillaume, Leveder Cora
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Active Optics in Astronomy: Freeform Mirror for the MESSIER Telescope Proposal
Mathematical and Computational Applications, 2018 Active optics techniques in astronomy provide high imaging quality. This paper is dedicated to highly deformable active optics that can generate non-axisymmetric aspheric surfaces—or freeform surfaces—by use of a minimum number of actuators ...
Gerard Rene Lemaitre +2 more
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A Lorentz Force Actuated Continuous Deformable Polymer Mirror for Wavefront Control
Proceedings, 2017 This paper describes MEMS deformable polymer mirror system for adaptive optics application. This system employs a 4 µm thick SU-8 membrane with a stress balanced double side aluminum coating as a mirror element.
Byoungyoul Park +2 more
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Sixty-Nine-Element Voice Coil Deformable Mirror for Visible Light Communication
Photonics, 2023 To overcome the atmospheric turbulence aberration, and improve the quality of light beam in visible light communication (VLC), a compact 69-element deformable mirror (DM) using micro voice coil actuators was designed based on systematic theoretical ...
Lv Jiang +6 more
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Robust control of a bimorph mirror for adaptive optics system [PDF]
, 2008 We apply robust control technics to an adaptive optics system including a dynamic model of the deformable mirror. The dynamic model of the mirror is a modification of the usual plate equation. We propose also a state-space approach to model the turbulent
Arzelier, Denis +3 more
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Wavefront sensing with a brightest pixel selection algorithm
, 2011 Astronomical adaptive optics systems with open-loop deformable mirror control have recently come on-line. In these systems, the deformable mirror surface is not included in the wavefront sensor paths, and so changes made to the deformable mirror are not ...
A. G. Basden +16 more
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A Demonstration of Wavefront Sensing and Mirror Phasing from the Image Domain [PDF]
, 2014 In astronomy and microscopy, distortions in the wavefront affect the dynamic range of a high contrast imaging system. These aberrations are either imposed by a turbulent medium such as the atmosphere, by static or thermal aberrations in the optical path,
Cheetham, Anthony +5 more
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Mode-Voltage Constrained Control for Adaptive Optics System
IEEE Photonics JournalIn the adaptive optics system of astronomical observation, the deformable mirror and the tip/tilt mirror are coupled during the correction process.
Ruitao Wang +7 more
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