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    • Optics and Photonics
    • Materials Science
    • Control Systems Engineering

    Background:

    • Pint-sized unimorph deformable mirrors (DM) suffer from nonlinear hysteresis errors in piezoelectric actuators, limiting correction accuracy and control bandwidth, particularly in open-loop configurations.
    • Piezoelectric nonlinearity is a critical challenge for precise surface control in adaptive optics and optical metrology applications.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop and validate a novel strain feedback mechanism for pint-sized unimorph DMs to mitigate piezoelectric hysteresis.
    • To enhance the correction accuracy and closed-loop control performance of deformable mirrors.

    Main Methods:

    • Fabrication of a three-unit pint-sized unimorph DM with integrated strain gauges on actuators serving as a feedback layer.
    • Development of an experimental platform to test individual electrode strain signals and mirror displacement.
    • Implementation of closed-loop control utilizing strain feedback to correct for nonlinear hysteresis.

    Main Results:

    • The integrated strain feedback layer successfully corrected the hysteresis curve of the mirror's central displacement under quasi-static conditions.
    • Hysteresis rate was reduced from 11% to less than 2% by employing the strain feedback signal.
    • Correction accuracy for the DM's initial surface, Zernike defocus, and spherical aberration improved by over 20% compared to open-loop operation.

    Conclusions:

    • Integrating a strain feedback layer is a highly promising method for significantly enhancing the performance of unimorph deformable mirrors.
    • The developed strain feedback approach effectively addresses piezoelectric nonlinearity, leading to improved precision and control in adaptive optical systems.