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3 May 2012 MEMS- and LC-adaptive optics at the Naval Research Laboratory
S. R. Restaino, C. C. Wilcox, T. Martinez, J. R. Andrews, F. Santiago, D. M. Payne
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Proceedings Volume 8373, Micro- and Nanotechnology Sensors, Systems, and Applications IV; 83730R (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.918586
Event: SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing, 2012, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Abstract
Adaptive Optics (AO) is an ensemble of techniques that aims at the remedial of the deleterious effects that the Earth's turbulent atmosphere induces on both imagery and signal gathering in real time. It has been over four decades since the first AO system was developed and tested. During this time important technological advances have changed profoundly the way that we think and develop AO systems. The use of Micro-Electro-Mechanical-Systems (MEMS) devices and Liquid Crystal Devices (LCD) has revolutionized these technologies making possible to go from very expensive, very large and power consuming systems to very compact and inexpensive systems. These changes have rendered AO systems useful and applicable in other fields ranging from medical imaging to industry. In this paper we will review the research efforts at the Naval research Laboratory (NRL) to develop AO systems based on both MEMs and LCD in order to produce more compact and light weight AO systems.
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S. R. Restaino, C. C. Wilcox, T. Martinez, J. R. Andrews, F. Santiago, and D. M. Payne "MEMS- and LC-adaptive optics at the Naval Research Laboratory", Proc. SPIE 8373, Micro- and Nanotechnology Sensors, Systems, and Applications IV, 83730R (3 May 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.918586
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KEYWORDS
Adaptive optics
Microelectromechanical systems
Spatial light modulators
Analytical research
Liquid crystals
LCDs
Modulation transfer functions
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