ILAO STAR Deformable Mirror - Advanced Actuator Technology for Ultra-Intense Lasers

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Specifications

Number Of Actuators: 52
Wavefront Tip-Tilt Stroke (PtV): 3 um
Actuator Pitch: 50 um
Pupil Size (Clear Aperture): 170 mm
Surface Quality (RMS): 10 nm
Mechanical Response (10%-90%): 95 us
Reflective Coating Material: Gold, Aluminum, Protected Silver
Coating: dielectric, metallic, or hybrid
Hysteresis: < 0.1 %
Frequency: 10 Hz
Temporal Stability Over 13h: 10 nm RMS
Linearity: > 95 %
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Features

  • Mirror shape maintained even without electrical power
  • Excellent optical quality with active flat better than 10 nm rms and minimal print-through effect
  • Compatibility with vacuum environment (optional)
  • Completely customized to laser’s parameters
  • Easy maintenance with replaceable substrate and actuators
  • Unique beam-line correction including focusing optics with PHARAO
  • High optical quality enabling Strehl Ratio > 0,9
  • Insensitivity to electromagnetic perturbations
  • High reliability and long lifetime : > 10 Millions moving cycles
  • Excellent reproducibility quality : diffraction limited

Applications

ILAO STAR is the perfect deformable mirror for:

  • Focal spot correction
  • Wavefront precompensation
  • Particle acceleration
  • High harmonic generation
  • Laser fusion
  • Aberration correction at full power mode