Actuator tests for a large deformable membrane mirror

Roger Hamelinck; Nick Rosielle; Maarten Steinbuch; Rogier Ellenbroek; Michel Verhaegen; Niek Doelman

doi:10.1117/12.671082

28 June 2006 Actuator tests for a large deformable membrane mirror

Roger Hamelinck, Nick Rosielle, Maarten Steinbuch, Rogier Ellenbroek, Michel Verhaegen, Niek Doelman

Proceedings Volume 6272, Advances in Adaptive Optics II; 627225 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.671082
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2006, Orlando, Florida , United States

Abstract

In the design of a large adaptive deformable membrane mirror, variable reluctance actuators are used. These consist of a closed magnetic circuit in which a strong permanent magnet provides a static magnetic force on a ferromagnetic core which is suspended in a membrane. By applying a current through the coil which is situated around the magnet, this force is influenced, providing movement of the ferromagnetic core. This movement is transferred via a rod imposing the out-of-plane displacements in the reflective deformable membrane. In the actuator design a match is made between the negative stiffness of the magnet and the positive stiffness of the membrane suspension. If the locality of the influence functions, mirror modes as well as force and power dissipation are taken into account, a resonance frequency of 1500 Hz and an overall stiffness of 1000 N/m for the actuators is needed. The actuators are fabricated and the dynamic response tested in a dedicated setup. The Bode diagram shows a first eigenfrequency of 950 Hz. This is due to a lower magnetic force than expected. A Helmholtz coil setup was designed to measure the differences in a large set of permanent magnets. With the same setup the 2^nd quadrant of the B-H curve is reconstructed by stacking of the magnets and using the demagnetization factor. It is shown that the values for H_c and B_r of the magnets are indeed lower than the values used for the initial design. New actuators, with increased magnet thickness, are designed and currently fabricated.

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Roger Hamelinck, Nick Rosielle, Maarten Steinbuch, Rogier Ellenbroek, Michel Verhaegen, and Niek Doelman "Actuator tests for a large deformable membrane mirror", Proc. SPIE 6272, Advances in Adaptive Optics II, 627225 (28 June 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.671082

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