Deformable mirrors

ALPAO's patented Hi-Speed range of deformable mirrors brings together all the advantages of magnetic actuators (linearity, stability) while offering unrivalled strokes and operating frequencies.

Thanks to ALPAO's unique and patented technology, we offer a range of products tailored according to the application (ophthalmology, astronomy, wireless optical communication, laser,.) The web site allows you to navigate by application so that the benefits of ALPAO's deformable mirrors can be demonstrated in each field of application.

The mirror range Hi-Speed Magnetic Deformable Mirrors is characterised by unrivalled strokes for generating both low-order aberrations and high-order aberrations such as the waffle mode (push/pull) .

Typical temporal response

These deformable mirrors combine large strokes with high bandwidth. Indeed, thanks to a patented innovation, the mirrors have a stabilisation time in the order of a millisecond. The excellent temporal performance of ALPAO's Hi-Speed mirrors allows the temporal errors traditionally present in large-stroke mirrors to be minimised, thus offering unparalleled image quality.

Thanks to a very short distance between actuators, it is possible to construct extremely compact instruments.

The characteristics of the Hi-Speed DM Series mirror range are summarised in the following tables. Each table corresponds to a given distance between two actuators (1.5 and 2.5mm). For more information you can contact us via the site (click here) or by phone or you can download the datasheet in the Downloads section.

1.5mm between two actuators

2.5mm between two actuators

(1)-> in closed loop

(2)-> All ALPAO mirrors can be coated with different metallic materials (silver, aluminium, gold,...).

(3)-> Mirrors working at -40°C are also available. Contact us for more information