Summary form only given. A Micromachined Membrane Deformable Mirror (MMDM) consists of a thin stretched membrane suspended over an array of electrostatic electrodes. The membrane is fabricated by LPCVD deposition of a thin /spl sim/0.5 /spl mu/m layer of tensile stressed silicon nitride Si/sub n/N/sub m/, followed by anisotropic etching of bulk silicon to release the membrane. Pure nitride membranes are sufficiently strong for mirrors with diameter of up to 25 mm; larger membranes - up to 50 mm - can be fabricated by sandwiching a relatively thick - up to 10 /spl mu/m - layer of epi-poly silicon between two nitride layers. Compactness, simplicity and high optical quality make MMDM the device of choice for a number of optical applications in laser optics, imaging, optical testing and astronomy.


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    Title :

    Agile beams and micromachined membrane deformable mirrors


    Contributors:
    Vdovin, G. (author) / Sarro, P.M. (author)


    Publication date :

    2002-01-01


    Size :

    129189 byte





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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