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    • Adaptive Optics
    • Control Systems

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    • Deformable mirrors (DMs) are crucial for wavefront control in various optical systems.
    • Accurate modeling and control of DM surface profiles are essential for achieving high performance.
    • Existing methods may struggle with DM nonlinearities and require complex feedback mechanisms.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop a simple, effective, and adaptive control method for accurate DM surface profiling.
    • To simultaneously determine the DM model (influence matrix) and control actions.
    • To demonstrate the method's efficacy in open-loop control scenarios.

    Main Methods:

    • An iterative approach combining least-squares estimation for the influence matrix and constrained least-squares for control actions.
    • Adaptive refinement of the DM model and control signals using newly acquired surface profile data.
    • Experimental validation on a 140-actuator Boston Micromachines DM.

    Main Results:

    • Achieved accurate DM surface correction with root-mean-square errors of 5-30 nm for Zernike modes.
    • Demonstrated effective control despite significant DM nonlinearities.
    • Successfully estimated a DM model for single-step open-loop control.

    Conclusions:

    • The developed adaptive method provides accurate and efficient control of deformable mirrors.
    • The approach is robust to nonlinearities and effective even with limited data and iterations.
    • The method offers a viable alternative for open-loop DM control applications.