MEMS based Optical Limiter (PREPRINT)

Abstract

In this paper we propose the design of a MEMS-deformable-mirror based optical limiter. The design is based on aperturing focused light reflected out of an optically driven deformable mirror, deformed in a parabolic form. We derived an expression for the reflected light intensity and we showed that the reflected light saturates as a function of back illumination light intensity.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 28, 2008
Accession Number
ADA486795

Entities

People

  • Bahareh Haji-saeed
  • Charles L. Woods
  • Jed Khoury
  • John Kierstead
  • William D. Goodhue

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption Coefficients
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Computer Programs
  • Deformable Mirrors
  • Detectors
  • Equations
  • Frequency
  • Illumination
  • Intensity
  • Materials
  • Mirrors
  • Optical Limiters
  • Optical Materials
  • Optical Properties
  • Optics
  • Plane Waves
  • Signal Processing

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.