Active laser beam correction using continuous-surface deformable mirrors: algorithm and laboratory tests
H. González.Núñez, C. Bechet, B. Ayacán, A. Gueselaga
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Volumen
V51 - N1 / 2018 Ordinario
Referencia
49017:1-8
DOI
http://doi.org/10.7149/OPA.51.1.49017
Idioma
English
Etiquetas
Laser beam shaping; Deformable mirrors.
Resumen
We propose an optically efficient active beam-shaping system which consists of two continuous-surface deformable mirrors correcting for both phase and amplitude distortions to improve the beam quality of a laser. We present the results obtained with simulations and we validate next the technique using an experimental setup with two Boston micromachines MEMS deformable mirrors of 12 x 12 actuators each.
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