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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2009
Peter Knor, Athens, GA (US);
David A. Agard, Burlingame, CA (US);
Zvi Kam, Tel Aviv, IL;
John W. Sedat, San Francisco, CA (US);
Peter Knor, Athens, GA (US);
David A. Agard, Burlingame, CA (US);
Zvi Kam, Tel Aviv, IL;
John W. Sedat, San Francisco, CA (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Yeda Research & Development Co. Ltd., Rehovot, IL;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for correcting optical aberrations in an optical device using a deformable mirror. An actuator is provided which applies a deforming force to the deformable mirror. By selecting particular thickness profiles of the deformable mirror and force configurations of the actuator, the optical device can be configured to correct for different optical aberrations. The actuator may be configured to apply the deforming force peripherally, centrally, non-centrally or homogenously across the surface of the deformable mirror. The deformable mirror may be a flat disk mirror, a convex mirror, or a concave mirror, and may include a membrane having a variable flexibility. The optical device may be a wide-field microscope, an optical read/write device, laser tweezers, or any other optical device in which correction of optical aberrations is desirable.