Deformable mirror
US4734557A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 9, 1986 |
| Grant date | Mar 29, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 9, 2006 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B26/0825
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A thin reflecting disk tightly bears on one edge of a case for defining a closed volume, means being provided in the latter for producing a negative pressure, and the bottom of the case is provided with supports arranged in parallel rows of three supoprts, a small beam being advantageously interposed between the disk and each row of supports when this mirror is used for focusing a laser beam, it is possible, by simply regulating the supports, to modify the shape of the disk so as to, e.g. obtain a rectilinear focal zone and a constant energy concentration of the beam along the zone.
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