Modal liquid crystal wavefront corrector

Kotova, S.P.; Kvashnin, M.Y.; Rakhmatulin, M.A.; Zayakin, O.A.; Guralnik, I.R.; Klimov, N.A.; Clark, P.; Love, G.D.; Naumov, A.F.; Saunter, C.D.; Loktev, M.Y.; Vdovin, G.V.; Toporkova, L.V.

doi:10.1364/oe.10.001258

Modal liquid crystal wavefront corrector

Kotova, S.P.; Kvashnin, M.Y.; Rakhmatulin, M.A.; Zayakin, O.A.; Guralnik, I.R.; Klimov, N.A.; Clark, P.; Love, G.D.; Naumov, A.F.; Saunter, C.D.; Loktev, M.Y.; Vdovin, G.V.; Toporkova, L.V.

Authors

S.P. Kotova

M.Y. Kvashnin

M.A. Rakhmatulin

O.A. Zayakin

I.R. Guralnik

N.A. Klimov

P. Clark

G.D. Love

A.F. Naumov

C.D. Saunter

M.Y. Loktev

G.V. Vdovin

L.V. Toporkova

Abstract

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.

Citation

Kotova, S., Kvashnin, M., Rakhmatulin, M., Zayakin, O., Guralnik, I., Klimov, N., …Toporkova, L. (2002). Modal liquid crystal wavefront corrector. Optics Express, 10(22), 1258-1272. https://doi.org/10.1364/oe.10.001258

Journal Article Type	Article
Publication Date	2002-11
Deposit Date	Feb 26, 2008
Publicly Available Date	Nov 10, 2010
Journal	Optics Express
Publisher	Optica
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	10
Issue	22
Pages	1258-1272
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1364/oe.10.001258
Keywords	Atmospheric and ocean optics, Adaptive optics, Phase modulation, Electro-optical devices, Modulators, Spatial light modulators, Astronomical optics.
Publisher URL	http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-10-22-1258