Payload characterization for CubeSat demonstration of MEMS deformable mirrors

Coronagraphic space telescopes require wavefront control systems for high-contrast imaging applications such as exoplanet direct imaging. High-actuator-count MEMS deformable mirrors (DM) are a key element of these wavefront control systems yet have not been flown in space long enough to characterize...

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Main Authors: Cahoy, Kerri, Belikov, Ruslan, Bendek, Eduardo, Marinan, Anne D., Webber, Matthew William
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: SPIE 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/96919
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5391-9844
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7791-5124
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9005-2493