Fig. 1 | (a) The sketch of the PDSM-241. (b) Actuator layout (clear aperture: 270mm). (c) The self-corrected aberration of PDSM-241. A new publication from Opto-Electronic Advances, ...

Cost is no longer the prohibitive factor holding back the adoption of deformable mirrors. Jacqueline Hewett speaks to Paul Bierden of pioneering US firm Boston Micromachines Corporation about the new ...

Boston Micromachines Corporation, a leading provider of MEMS-based deformable mirror products for adaptive optics systems, today announced that it has been selected by NASA for a Phase 2 contract.

A MEMS-based deformable mirror could significantly enhance retinal imaging systems and enable the early detection of common eye diseases. Boston Micromachines, based in Watertown, MA, has unveiled a ...

Boston Micromachines Corporation, a leading provider of MEMS-based deformable mirror (DM) products for adaptive optics systems, announced today that its Kilo-DM is being used in the Subaru ...

This news release is available in German. Lasers are used in manufacturing to cut materials or weld components together. Laser light is focused to a point using various lenses and mirrors; the smaller ...

A High-Speed Active Optics Piezo Deformable Mirror for Laser Focus Control - Adaptive Optics. The piezo-driven deformable mirror can operate with modulation frequencies up to 2 kHz. The internal ...

Piezo ceramic actuators combine rapid response with high resolution and high force generation, ideal prerequisites to drive highly-dynamic deformable mirrors. The principle has been used in adaptive ...

The Chameleon Ultra II mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser from Coherent is designed to enable biomedical experiments to be made using a wide range of fluorescent dyes. The laser has more than 3.3 W of ...

The use of deformable mirrors to correct unwanted optical aberrations in real time is helping applications ranging from astronomy to biophotonics and data storage, reports Neil Savage. Adaptive optics ...

Recently, Apex Microtechnology introduced a power amplifier IC with a high voltage operation of 220V and a continuous output current capability of 1A. The PA164 device has a monolithic MOS technology ...

Researchers from the Optics Group at the Universitat Jaume I in Castellón have managed to correct in real time problems ...