Chinese Optics, Volume. 16, Issue 6, 1463(2023)

Compact voice coil deformable mirror with high wavefront fitting precision

Li-fa HU1,3, Lv JIANG1,3, Qi-li HU2, Xing-yu XU1,3, Yang HUANG1,3、*, Jing-jing WU1,3, and Lin YU1,3
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Science, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
  • 2Key Laboratory of Electro-Optical Countermeasures Test & Evaluation Technology, Luoyang 471003, China
  • 3Jiangsu Provincial Research Center of Light Industrial Opto-electronic Engineering and Technology, Wuxi 214122, China
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    Structure of micro VCA
    Structure of VCDM. (a) Sectional view; (b) arrangement of VCAs
    Magnetization directions of the permanent magnet. (a) Axial magnetization, (b) parallel magnetization, (c) radial magnetization
    Electromagnetic force as a function of current for the permanent magnet at different magnetization directions
    Force and efficiency as a function of the VCA’s structural parameters: (a) permanent magnet radius; (b) permanent magnet height; (c) coil inner diameter; (d) coil outer diameter; (e) coil height; (f) air gap
    Electromagnetic force and efficiency as a function of current (Circle line, before optimization; pentagram line, after optimization)
    The thermal analysis process of the VCDM
    Temperature and thermal deformation of the VCDM’s thin mirror as a function of current. (a) The temperature of the thin mirror as a function of current. The inset shows the temperature chart of the thin mirror when the current is 0.1 A. (b) The thermal deformation chart of the mirror surface as a function of current. The inset shows the deformation chart of the thin mirror when the current is 0.06 A
    Relationship between first resonance frequency of the DM and mirror thickness under different spring's stiffnesses
    Relationship between coupling coefficient of the DM and mirror thickness under different spring's stiffnesses
    Correction ability varying with the coupling coefficient
    The influence function of S1
    Wavefront fitting results of S1 for a single Zernike mode
    The wavefront fitting results of S1 for complex random aberrations. From left to right, there is the original wavefront, the fitting wavefront and the residual wavefront
    • Table 1. Parameters for micro VCAs to be optimized

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      Table 1. Parameters for micro VCAs to be optimized

      ParametersValues(mm)Step
      Magnet radius rm0.1≤rm≤1.1 0.1
      Magnet height hm0.05≤hm≤1 0.05
      Coil inner diameter dc-in0.2≤dc-in≤1 0.2
      Coil outer diameter dc-out0.4≤dc-out≤2.2 0.2
      Coil height hc0.1≤hc≤1 0.1
      Air gap hg50≤hg≤100 10
    • Table 2. Material parameters uesd in thermal analysis

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      Table 2. Material parameters uesd in thermal analysis

      MaterialThermal conductivityCoefficient of thermal expansionDensityYoung’s ModulusPoisson’s Ratio
      [W/m/ °C][/ °C][kg/m³][Pa][/]
      CP1 Polyimide0.255.1×10−515402.1×1090.34
      316 Stainless Steel13.441.478×10−579541.95×10110.25
      Epoxy0.2941.688×10−519002.64×10100.1543
      NdFe357.73.2×10−674501.6×1080.24
      Copper112.11.999×10−582679.995×10100.345
      Aluminum Alloy1142.3×10−527707.1×10100.33
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    Li-fa HU, Lv JIANG, Qi-li HU, Xing-yu XU, Yang HUANG, Jing-jing WU, Lin YU. Compact voice coil deformable mirror with high wavefront fitting precision[J]. Chinese Optics, 2023, 16(6): 1463

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    Category: Original Article

    Received: Jan. 10, 2023

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Nov. 29, 2023

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    DOI:10.37188/CO.EN-2023-0001

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