Nanoengineered liquid mirrors shaped by thermal fields.
We discuss a new type of deformable mirror made from nanoengineered reflective layers deposited onto liquids. The surfaces are shaped by heating with a laser. The response times of the deformed surfaces are slow (> 1 s). Simplicity and low cost appear to be the main advantages of thermally deformable liquid mirrors.
Truong
Long
L
Centre d'Optique, Photonique et Lasers, Département de Physique, Génie Physique et Optique, Université Laval, Québec, Québec, GIK 7P4, Canada.
Borra
Ermanno F
EF
Bergamasco
Rosangela
R
Caron
Nicolas
N
Laird
Phil
P
Ritcey
Anna
A