MOEMS spatial light modulator development at the center for adaptive optics

Peter Krulevitch, Paul Bierden, Thomas Bifano, Emily Carr, Clara Dimas, Harold Dyson, Michael Hehnbrecht, Peter Kurczynski, Richard Muller, Scot Olivier, Yves Alain Peter, Bernard Sadoulet, Olav Solgaard, E. H. Yang

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Abstract

The National Science Foundation Center for Adaptive Optics (CfAO) is coordinating a program for the development of spatial light modulators suitable for adaptive optics applications based on micro-optoelectromechanical systems (MOEMS) technology. This collaborative program is being conducted by researchers at several partner institutions including the Berkeley Sensor & Actuator Center, Boston Micromachines, Boston University, Lucent Technologies, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. The goal of this program is to produce MEMS spatial light modulators with several thousand actuators that can be used for high-resolution wavefront control applications that would benefit from low device cost, small system size, and low power requirements. The two primary applications targeted by the CfAO are astronomy and vision science. In this paper, we present an overview of the CfAO MEMS development plan along with details of the current program status.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)227-234
Number of pages8
JournalProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume4983
StatePublished - 2003
EventMOEMS and Miniaturized Systems III - San Jose, CA, United States
Duration: 27 Jan 200329 Jan 2003

Keywords

  • Adaptive optics
  • Astronomy
  • Center for Adaptive Optics
  • Spatial light modulator
  • Vision science

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