SBIR Phase II: Control System Development for Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) Segmented Deformable Mirrors

SBIR第二阶段项目旨在开发一种基于微机电系统（MEMS）变形镜（DM）的自适应光学（AO）系统集成控制系统。 在理想情况下，光学系统的分辨率受到光波衍射的限制。 然而，由于光学元件的缺陷，这些限制从未达到。 AO是一种通过减少畸变来提高望远镜和显微镜等光学系统性能的技术。 它可以导致明显更清晰的图像，可以接近理论衍射极限。图像清晰度的增加也允许对比度的额外增益，从而允许检测微弱的objects.Although AO已显着用于提高望远镜的性能，用于生物医学应用的基于MEMS可变形反射镜的AO系统没有。 它将显着提高图像质量，并可能找到多种应用。 因此，它将导致在各种生物成像环境中采用AO，并将有利于从事此类研究的科学家。

The SBIR Phase II project aims to develop an integrated control system for adaptive optics (AO) systems based on microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) deformable mirrors (DM). Under ideal circumstances, the resolution of an optical system is limited by the diffraction of light waves. Due to imperfections in optical components however, the limits are never achieved. AO is a technology that enhances the performance of optical systems such as telescopes and microscopes by reducing distortion. It can lead to significantly sharper images which can approach the theoretical diffraction limit. The increase in image sharpness also allows additional gains in contrast, thus allowing detection of faint objects.Although AO has been significantly used for improving the performance of telescopes, an AO system based on MEMS deformable mirrors for use in biomedical applications has not. It would significantly improve image quality and would likely find multiple applications. As such, it would lead to the adoption of AO in a variety of biological imaging settings and would be of benefit to scientists engaged in such research.