A new approach for focusing deformable mirrors fabricated in polymer technology

Author

Greger, W. ; Arnold, D. ; Jurischka, R. ; Schoth, A. ; Müller, C. ; Wilde, J. ; Reinecke, H.

Author_Institution

IMTEK, Freiburg Univ.

fYear

2005

fDate

1-4 Aug. 2005

Firstpage

45

Lastpage

46

Abstract

Nowadays, adaptive optics are already being used in a broad range of applications. The growing market of applications demands for low-cost adaptive optics with high optical quality. Adaptive optics like deformable mirrors, fabricated using micro structure technologies, currently cost about 60 USD. In this work, a circular adaptive mirror device for laser focussing was developed and fabricated in polymer materials. The focal length can be varied within the range from 0.1 to 1 m. Besides the cost-efficient fabrication of the mirror device this concept also features only one actuator for focussing. The driving voltage of the actuator lies in the range of 0 to 12 V, depending on the focal length of the deformable mirror

Keywords

actuators; adaptive optics; laser materials processing; mirrors; optical fabrication; optical focusing; optical materials; optical polymers; 0 to 12 V; 0.1 to 1 m; actuator; adaptive optics; circular adaptive mirror device; cost-efficient fabrication; deformable mirrors; driving voltage; focussing; laser focussing; market; microstructure technologies; optical quality; polymer materials; Adaptive optics; Costs; Embossing; Fabrication; Laboratories; Mirrors; Piezoelectric actuators; Polymers; Tensile stress; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical MEMS and Their Applications Conference, 2005. IEEE/LEOS International Conference on

Conference_Location

Oulu

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9278-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OMEMS.2005.1540068

Filename

1540068