MEMS-based optical limiter
Applied Optics, Vol. 47, Issue 29, pp. 5468-5472 (2008)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.47.005468
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Abstract
We propose the design of an optical limiter based on a microelectromechanical systems deformable mirror. The design is based on aperturing focused light reflected out of an optically driven deformable mirror, deformed in a parabolic form. We derive an expression for the reflected light intensity, and we show that the reflected light saturates as a function of back illumination light intensity.
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OCIS Codes
(070.4340) Fourier optics and signal processing : Nonlinear optical signal processing
(250.0250) Optoelectronics : Optoelectronics
(110.1080) Imaging systems : Active or adaptive optics
ToC Category:
Optoelectronics
History
Original Manuscript: May 28, 2008
Revised Manuscript: August 28, 2008
Manuscript Accepted: September 8, 2008
Published: October 8, 2008
Citation
Jed Khoury, Bahareh Haji-saeed, William D. Goodhue, Charles L. Woods, and John Kierstead, "MEMS-based optical limiter," Appl. Opt. 47, 5468-5472 (2008)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ao/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-47-29-5468
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