Segmented MEMS deformable-mirror for wavefront correction

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6376, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Helmbrecht, Michael A ^a   Min, He ^a   Juneau, Thor ^b   Hart, Matthew ^c   Doble, Nathan ^a  

^a Iris AO Inc   (United States)

^b SiTime Corporation   (United States)

^c Owlstone Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Deformable mirror; MEMS; Spatial light modulator

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; LIGHT MODULATION; MIRRORS; OPTICAL DESIGN; WAVEFRONTS;

DEFORMABLE MIRRORS (DM); WAVEFRONT CORRECTION;

MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

EID: 33846204704     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.690809     Document Type: Conference Paper

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