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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2004
Filed:
May. 29, 2003
Applicant:
Inventor:
Christopher S. Margeson, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 2/742 ; G03B 2/754 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 2/742 ; G03B 2/754 ;
Abstract
A wavefront aberration correction system for an adaptive optic such as a deformable mirror uses many correction units, each having a force-applying member attached to the back surface of the adaptive optic at a specified position and an actuator connected to it through a force-communicating device. The actuators are disposed outside the perimeter of the adaptive optic. The force-communicating device may include a lever or a bell-crank supported rotatably around a pivot such as a flexural pivot and redirects the force of the actuator.