Thermo-optically driven adaptive mirror for laser applications

被引：11
|
作者：
Michel, D [1 ]
Graf, T [1 ]
Glur, HJ [1 ]
Lüthy, W [1 ]
Weber, HP [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Bern, Inst Appl Phys, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
来源：
APPLIED PHYSICS B-LASERS AND OPTICS | 2004年 / 79卷 / 06期
关键词：
D O I：
10.1007/s00340-004-1628-x
中图分类号：
O43 [光学];
学科分类号：
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要：
An adaptive mirror is investigated that is based on the deformation of the reflective surface due to thermal expansion of an underlying material that can be locally heated with an external light source. The mirror is made from a glass plate coated with a 1-mm-thick layer of a material with a large thermal expansion coefficient that was finally sputter coated with a thin gold film. The adaptive mirror is thermo-optically heated with an incandescent lamp. To generate the desired temperature pattern an aperture mask is used. The deformation of the adaptive mirror is measured with a Michelson interferometer. It is shown that the spatial resolution and amplitude of the deformation are sufficient for the application as an adaptive mirror. As a possible application the suitability of this mirror type as part of a laser resonator to generate a super-Gaussian mode is discussed.
引用
收藏
页码：721 / 724
页数：4
相关论文
共 50 条
  • [1] Thermo-optically driven adaptive mirror for laser applications
    D. Michel
    T. Graf
    H.J. Glur
    W. Lüthy
    H.P. Weber
    Applied Physics B, 2004, 79 : 721 - 724
  • [2] Thermo-optically driven adaptive mirror
    Reinert, F
    Lüthy, W
    LASER BEAM CONTROL AND APPLICATIONS, 2006, 6101
  • [3] Thermo-optically driven adaptive mirror based on thermal expansion:: preparation and resolution
    Reinert, F
    Lüthy, W
    OPTICS EXPRESS, 2005, 13 (26): : 10749 - 10753
  • [4] Thermo-optically based interferometric determination of laser power
    Pritchett, Timothy M.
    Mott, Andrew G.
    IEEE Nonlinear Optics: Materials, Fundamentals and Applications - Conference Proceedings, 2000, : 276 - 278
  • [5] Thermo-optically based interferometric determination of laser power
    Pritchett, TM
    Mott, AG
    NONLINEAR OPTICS: MATERIALS, FUNDAMENTALS, AND APPLICATIONS, 2000, 46 : 276 - 278
  • [6] Thermo-optically active planar polymeric components for telecommunication applications
    Eldada, L
    Beeson, K
    Pant, D
    Blomquist, R
    Shacklette, LW
    McFarland, MJ
    ORGANIC PHOTONIC MATERIALS AND DEVICES II, 2000, 3939 : 69 - 78
  • [7] Shaping a femtosecond pulse with a programmable thermo-optically driven phase modulator
    Reinert, F. M.
    Ninck, M.
    Luethy, W.
    Feurer, T.
    OPTICS EXPRESS, 2007, 15 (07): : 4372 - 4377
  • [8] Thermo-optically driven two-dimensional addressable retarder-plate
    Bloch, R.
    Luethy, W.
    MEASUREMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 2009, 20 (11)
  • [9] Locking of electrostatically coupled thermo-optically driven MEMS limit cycle oscillators
    Zehnder, Alan T.
    Rand, Richard H.
    Krylov, Slava
    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NON-LINEAR MECHANICS, 2018, 102 : 92 - 100
  • [10] Thermo-optically induced transparency on a photonic chip
    Marco Clementi
    Simone Iadanza
    Sebastian A. Schulz
    Giulia Urbinati
    Dario Gerace
    Liam O’Faloain
    Matteo Galli
    Light: Science & Applications, 10
12345