Optical microstructure positioning system
AssigneeCommissariat a l'Energie Atomique
InventorsPatrick Pouteau, Pierre Labeye
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Abstract
A positioning system for an optical microstructure (64) in a devise (6) operating under the action of a control means includes a flexible element (63) supporting the optical microstructure and connected to the device. The orientation of the flexible element with respect to the device can be varied under the action of control means in order to put the optical microstructure (64) into at least one determined position. The flexible element is immobilized with respect to the device in order to hold the optical microstructure (64) in the determined position when the control means no longer act.
Claims20
A system for positioning an optical microstructure having an optical axis in a device under the action of a control means, the system comprising:
- a flexible element supporting the optical microstructure and connected to the device, the orientation of the flexible element with respect to the device being varied under the action of control means in order to put the optical microstructure in at least one determined position, the flexible element comprising at least one secondary beam movable along an edge of the device when the orientation of the flexible element varies, the secondary beam having one of a male part and a female part and said edge having the other of the male part and the female part, the male part and the female part beings adapted to engage each other under the effect of the flexibility element when the flexible element arrives at a determined position such that the flexible element is held at the determined position and immobilized with respect to the device when the control means no longer acts, and being adapted to disengage from each other under the effect of the control means such that the flexible element is released and re-mobilized with respect to the device.
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