Experimentally simulating the beam shaping capabilities of piston-type deformable mirrors using a liquid crystal spatial light modulator

Stirling Scholes; Lehloa Mohapi; Jonathan Leach; Andrew Forbes; Angela Dudley

doi:10.1007/s00340-023-07991-3

Experimentally simulating the beam shaping capabilities of piston-type deformable mirrors using a liquid crystal spatial light modulator

Stirling Scholes, Lehloa Mohapi, Jonathan Leach, Andrew Forbes, Angela Dudley

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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.

Original language	English
Article number	45
Journal	Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics
Volume	129
Issue number	3
Early online date	28 Feb 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-023-07991-3
Publication status	Published - Mar 2023

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