TY - JOUR
T1 - Experimentally simulating the beam shaping capabilities of piston-type deformable mirrors using a liquid crystal spatial light modulator
AU - Scholes, Stirling
AU - Mohapi, Lehloa
AU - Leach, Jonathan
AU - Forbes, Andrew
AU - Dudley, Angela
PY - 2023/3
Y1 - 2023/3
N2 - The number of mirror segments, mirror geometry and orientation are essential parameters when assessing the beam-shaping capabilities of deformable mirrors. Here, we use a Liquid Crystal on Silicon Spatial Light Modulator (LCoS-SLM) to mimic the mechanical design of a deformable mirror and quantitatively analyse the effect of the number of mirror segments and their geometrical structure on resulting structured modes. Our approach can be used as a test bed prior to designing a deformable mirror for high power beam shaping.
AB - The number of mirror segments, mirror geometry and orientation are essential parameters when assessing the beam-shaping capabilities of deformable mirrors. Here, we use a Liquid Crystal on Silicon Spatial Light Modulator (LCoS-SLM) to mimic the mechanical design of a deformable mirror and quantitatively analyse the effect of the number of mirror segments and their geometrical structure on resulting structured modes. Our approach can be used as a test bed prior to designing a deformable mirror for high power beam shaping.
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U2 - 10.1007/s00340-023-07991-3
DO - 10.1007/s00340-023-07991-3
M3 - Article
SN - 0946-2171
VL - 129
JO - Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics
JF - Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics
IS - 3
M1 - 45
ER -