中国物理B ›› 2017, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (5): 54215-054215.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/26/5/054215

• ELECTROMAGNETISM, OPTICS, ACOUSTICS, HEAT TRANSFER, CLASSICAL MECHANICS, AND FLUID DYNAMICS • 上一篇    下一篇

Influence of low temperature on the surface deformation of deformable mirrors

Juncheng You(尤俊成), Chunlin Guan(官春林), Hong Zhou(周虹)   

  1. 1 Laboratory on Adaptive Optics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610209, China;
    2 Institute of Optics and Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610209, China;
    3 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 收稿日期:2016-12-11 修回日期:2017-01-07 出版日期:2017-05-05 发布日期:2017-05-05
  • 通讯作者: Chunlin Guan E-mail:youjuncheng722078@126.com
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11178004).

Influence of low temperature on the surface deformation of deformable mirrors

Juncheng You(尤俊成)1,2,3, Chunlin Guan(官春林)1,2, Hong Zhou(周虹)1,2   

  1. 1 Laboratory on Adaptive Optics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610209, China;
    2 Institute of Optics and Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610209, China;
    3 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • Received:2016-12-11 Revised:2017-01-07 Online:2017-05-05 Published:2017-05-05
  • Contact: Chunlin Guan E-mail:youjuncheng722078@126.com
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11178004).

摘要: The two factors which influence the low temperature performance of deformable mirrors (DMs) are the piezoelectric stroke of the actuators and the thermally induced surface deformation of the DM. A new theory was proposed to explain the thermally induced surface deformation of the DM: because the thermal strain between the actuators and the base leads to an additional moment according to the theory of plates, the base will be bent and the bowing base will result in an obvious surface deformation of the facesheet. The finite element method (FEM) was used to prove the theory. The results showed that the thermally induced surface deformation is mainly caused by the base deformation which is induced by the coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) mismatching; when the facesheet has similar CTE with the actuators, the surface deformation of the DM would be smoother. Then an optimized DM design was adopted to reduce the surface deformation of the DMs at low temperature. The low temperature tests of two 61-element discrete PZT actuator sample deformable mirrors and the corresponding optimized DMs were conducted to verify the simulated results. The results showed that the optimized DMs perform well.

关键词: adaptive optics, deformable mirror, thermal effects, testing

Abstract: The two factors which influence the low temperature performance of deformable mirrors (DMs) are the piezoelectric stroke of the actuators and the thermally induced surface deformation of the DM. A new theory was proposed to explain the thermally induced surface deformation of the DM: because the thermal strain between the actuators and the base leads to an additional moment according to the theory of plates, the base will be bent and the bowing base will result in an obvious surface deformation of the facesheet. The finite element method (FEM) was used to prove the theory. The results showed that the thermally induced surface deformation is mainly caused by the base deformation which is induced by the coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) mismatching; when the facesheet has similar CTE with the actuators, the surface deformation of the DM would be smoother. Then an optimized DM design was adopted to reduce the surface deformation of the DMs at low temperature. The low temperature tests of two 61-element discrete PZT actuator sample deformable mirrors and the corresponding optimized DMs were conducted to verify the simulated results. The results showed that the optimized DMs perform well.

Key words: adaptive optics, deformable mirror, thermal effects, testing

中图分类号:  (Lenses, prisms and mirrors)

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