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Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2008

Filed:

Mar. 02, 2005
Applicants:

Ich V. Pham, San Jose, CA (US);

Gopal Vasudevan, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Ich V. Pham, San Jose, CA (US);

Gopal Vasudevan, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 1/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An adaptive optics system is provided. The system includes a light source, a pair of deformable mirrors and a detection module. The light source is configured to provide an outgoing beam. The outgoing beam has an amplitude and a phase. The first deformable mirror is configured to reflect the outgoing beam and adjust its associated amplitude. The second deformable mirror is configured to reflect the outgoing beam reflected from the first deformable mirror and adjust its associated phase. The detection module is configured to detect an incoming beam and the reflected outgoing beam from the second deformable mirror and generate certain signals. The signals are used to control the first and second deformable mirrors such that the amplitude of the outgoing beam is the same as that of the incoming beam and the phase of the outgoing beam is opposite that of the incoming beam.


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