Development of microelectromechanical deformable mirrors for phase modulation of light

Optical Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 542-548

  Mali, Raji Krishnamoorthy ^a,c   Bifano, Thomas G ^a,d,e   Vandelli, Nelsimar ^a,f,g   Horenstein, Mark N ^a,b,h,i  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI   (India)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f MILITARY INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING   (Brazil)

^g Brazilian Petroleum Company   (Brazil)

^h MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Deformable mirrors; Microelectromechanical systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000959648     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.601599     Document Type: Article

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