MEMS devices in future astronomical telescope adaptive optics instruments

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Feb 2009

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MEMS Adaptive Optics III. Edited by Olivier, Scot S.; Bifano, Thomas G.; Kubby, Joel A.. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 7209

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Optics

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MEMS deformable mirrors are showing great promise for use in astronomical adaptive optics systems. Recent experiments at a Lick Observatory 1-meter telescope have demonstrated a 144 actuator device in a visible wavelength AO imager. MEMS devices with thousands of actuators could be used for high-Strehl and visible wavelength AO systems on today's large-aperture telescopes (8-10 meters) and future giant (30 meter) telescopes. In this paper we present several design concepts for multiple-mirror AO systems and discuss our efforts at the Laboratory for Adaptive Optics to develop components and test system concepts for these systems.

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