Adaptive Mirror

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Facility/equipment: Equipment

  • Location

    Netherlands

Description

A flexible mirror for very accurate astronomical telescopes. The mirror can, for instance, correct images distorted by air turbulence. The adaptive mirror consists of a thin membrane shaped by electromagnetic micro-actuators attached to a light stable honeycomb structure.

Details

NameAdaptive Mirror
ManufacturersEquipment & Prototype Center

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mirrors
honeycomb structures
actuators
turbulence
telescopes
electromagnetism
membranes
air

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Equipment: available for loan - internal only

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Research Output

Validation of a new adaptive deformale mirror concept

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic

Test results of an adaptive deformable mirror for future

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

Distributed control in adaptive optics: deformable mirror and turbulence modeling

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

Deformable membrane mirror with high actuator density and distributed control

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic

Actuator grid design for an adaptive deformable mirror

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

Adaptive deformable mirror : based on electromagnetic actuators

Research output: Thesis › Phd Thesis 1 (Research TU/e / Graduation TU/e) › Academic

Large adaptive deformable membrane mirror with high actuator density: design and first prototypes

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

Large adaptive deformable membrane mirror with high actuator density

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

Deformable mirrors: design fundamentals for force actuation of continuous facesheets

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

Validation of a new adaptive deformable mirror concept

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

Actuator tests for a large deformable membrane mirror

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

Large adaptive deformable mirror; design and first prototypes

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review