Dynamic response of ferrofluidic deformable mirrors

Applied Optics

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-6

  Parent, Jocelyn ^a   Borra, Ermanno F ^a   Brousseau, Denis ^a   Ritcey, Anna M ^a   Dery, Jean Philippe ^a   Thibault, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; MAGNETIC FLUIDS; MIRRORS; VISCOSITY;

CLOSED-LOOP ADAPTIVE OPTICS; DEFORMABLE MIRRORS; FERROFLUIDIC DEFORMABLE MIRRORS; HIGH VISCOSITIES; OPERATIONAL FREQUENCY; ORDINARY DRIVING; SHORT DURATION PULSE; STEP FUNCTIONS;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 60849116715     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.48.000001     Document Type: Article

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