Semipassive bimorph flexible mirrors for atmospheric adaptive optics applications

Alexis V. Kudryashov; Victor I. Shmalhausen

doi:10.1117/1.601044

1 November 1996 Semipassive bimorph flexible mirrors for atmospheric adaptive optics applications

Alexis V. Kudryashov, Victor I. Shmalhausen

Optical Engineering, Vol. 35, Issue 11, (November 1996). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.601044

A semipassive bimorph mirror is considered as the most promising corrector for low-order and at the same time low-cost atmospheric adaptive optical systems. Theoretical and experimental results of the response functions study are presented. A simple response function histeresis compensation method is suggested. The efficiency of correcting the first eight Zernike polynomials with a 17-electrode bimorph mirror is given. It is shown that such a corrector can be successfully used to compensate turbulence with the Kolmogorov spectrum.

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Alexis V. Kudryashov and Victor I. Shmalhausen "Semipassive bimorph flexible mirrors for atmospheric adaptive optics applications," Optical Engineering 35(11), (1 November 1996). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.601044

Published: 1 November 1996

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