Use of micro-electro-mechanical deformable mirrors to control aberrations in optical systems: Theoretical and experimental results

Optical Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1326-1338

  Roggeman, Michael C ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Bright, Victor M ^b,g,h,i,j   Welsh, Byron M ^{a,b,d,i,k,l,m,n,o}   Hick, Shaun R ^a,b   Roberts, Peter C ^b   Cowan, William D ^b,d,p   Comtois, John H ^c  

^a International Society for Optics and Photonics   (United States)

^b Air Force Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^h GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

ⁱ IEEE

^j Tau Beta Pi   (United States)

^k VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^l USAF   (United States)

^m WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^o University of Illinois ^*

^p W Virginia Institute of Technology   (United States)

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Author keywords

Aberration control; Deformable mirrors; Micro opto electro mechanical systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005289767     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.601355     Document Type: Article

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