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AssigneesLucent Technologies Inc., Agere Systems Guardian Corp.
InventorsPeter Kurczynski, John Anthony Tyson
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An adaptive optics system is disclosed whereby at least one mirror in the system is manipulated using electrostatic force to selectively attract or repel a portion of the mirror to or from a particular electrode, respectively. This attraction or repulsion is accomplished by mechanically coupling a bound charge layer of dielectric material to at least one surface of the mirror and then placing a voltage across an electrode in an array of electrodes positioned near that mirror. The charge in the dielectric material combined with a suitable electric field makes it possible to attract portions of the mirror in one instant and then, by changing the sign on the voltage placed across the electrode, to repel those same portions in the next instant.
Apparatus comprising:
A method for use in an optical system comprising at least one bound charge layer mechanically coupled to at least one mirror, wherein at least one group of electrodes is located in electrostatic proximity to said bound charge layer, said method comprising:
Apparatus comprising:
Apparatus comprising:
The apparatus of 19 further comprising means for exerting an electrostatic force upon at least one bound charge layer in said plurality of bound charge layers.
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