Modal liquid crystal wavefront corrector
Author(s) -
С. П. Котова,
M Yu Kvashnin,
М. А. Рахматулин,
Oleg A. Zayakin,
Igor R. Guralnik,
N. A. Klimov,
Paul Clark,
Gordon D. Love,
Alexander F. Naumov,
Christopher D. Saunter,
Mikhail Loktev,
Gleb Vdovin,
Luba V. Toporkova
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.10.001258
Subject(s) - optics , wavefront , deformable mirror , adaptive optics , modal , liquid crystal , wavefront sensor , physics , zernike polynomials , materials science , polymer chemistry
Results are presented of the properties of a liquid crystal wavefront corrector for adaptive optics. The device is controlled using modal addressing in which case the device behaves more like a continuous facesheet deformable mirror than a segmented one. Furthermore, the width and shape of the influence functions are electrically controllable. We describe the construction of the device, the optical properties, and we show experimental results of low order aberration generation.
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