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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2006
Applicants:
Jeffrey L. Cavaco, Boylston, MA (US);
John A. Wellman, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Inventors:
Jeffrey L. Cavaco, Boylston, MA (US);
John A. Wellman, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Assignee:
Xinetics, Inc., Devens, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 7/182 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Fabricating a deformable mirror by providing a plurality of actuators and a support structure supporting and at least partially surrounding the actuators; applying an optical membrane across the actuators and at least a portion of the support structure; the optical membrane including a first area, a second area and an intermediate area elastically decoupling the first and second areas; bonding the first area to the actuators and the second area to the support structure; and polishing the optical membrane.