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Stroke amplifier for deformable mirrors

Year: 2004

Type: article

Abstract: We demonstrate a simple optical configuration that amplifies the usable stroke of a deformable mirror. By arranging for the wavefront to traverse the deformable mirror more than once, we correct it more than once. The experimental implementation of the idea demonstrates a doubling of 2.0 and 2.04 by two different means.

Source: Applied Optics

DOI: 10.1364/ao.43.005330

Authors: Robert H. Webb, Marc J. Albanese, Yaopeng Zhou, Thomas Bifano, Stephen A. Burns

Institutions: Boston University, Harvard University

Language: English

Topic: Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing

Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: National Eye Institute

Awards: Investigations of Human Cone Kinetics, Adaptive Optics Instrumentation for Advanced Ophthalmic Imaging, Live microscopy and cytometry in vascular biology