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Thorlabs and Boston Micromachines Introduce Adaptive Optics Toolkit
San Jose, C.A., January 21, 2008
— Thorlabs, Inc. and Boston Micromachines Corporation (BMC) today announced the Adaptive Optics (AO) Toolkit, a new kit that makes adaptive optics easy, affordable, and widely available for researchers. The new AO Toolkit is a complete turnkey solution that allows researchers to integrate adaptive optics into their research systems in hours rather than months. In addition, it is priced four times less than components purchased separately from other manufacturers, thereby providing the price point necessary for wide scale deployment in research and industrial communities.
"There are endless commercial applications that can benefit from the use of AO,” said Alex Cable, president and founder of Thorlabs. “By creating this kit, we hope to empower researchers to develop the next generation of AO applications.”
“Given the maturity of adaptive optics technology and the astounding results of the early adopters in the fields of astronomy, retinal imaging, and microscopy, researchers are eager to bring this innovative technology into their research labs,” said Paul Bierden. “Now with the availability and low cost of the AO Toolkit even researchers without a significant budget can innovate with AO.”
The Adaptive Optics Toolkit includes Thorlabs’ WFS150C Shack-Hartmann Wavefront Sensor, BMC’s 140 actuator Multi-DM deformable mirror system, and software designed to minimize wavefront distortion. The control software also allows the user to monitor the wavefront corrections and intensity distribution in real time.
Features
• DM capable of achieving high spatial resolution shapes due to high actuator count and low inter-actuator coupling
• Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor with high resolution CCD camera and high-quality microlens array
• Compact DM driver electronics with built-in high voltage power supply suitable for benchtop or OEM integration
• Real-time, high-precision wavefront measurement and correction
• Long operational lifetime
Components
Shack-Hartmann Wavefront Sensor
The WFS150 series of Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensors provide accurate, high-speed measurements of the wavefront shape and intensity distribution of beams. With Thorlabs’ Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor, it is possible to optimize the wavefronts of laser sources dynamically, characterize the wavefront distortion caused by optical components, and provide real-time feedback for the control of adaptive optics. The sensor consists of a high resolution (1.3 Megapixels) USB 2.0 CCD camera, a microlens array, and a software package for evaluation of the generated spot field.
BMC’s Multi-DM
This popular and versatile Multi-DM offers sophisticated aberration compensation in an easy-to-use package. The mirror, which is based on MEMS technology, consists of a mirror membrane that is deformed by 140 electrostatic actuators (i.e. a 12 x 12 actuator array), each of which can be individually controlled. Unlike piezoelectric mirrors, the electrostatic actuation used with BMC’s mirrors ensures deformation without hysteresis.
Control Software
The full featured control and analysis software has a user- friendly graphical interface with menu-driven tools for camera settings, calibration, analysis, and display options.
Availability
The AO Toolkit will be available March 2008 from Thorlabs. For more information please contact Thorlabs at 1-973-579-7227.
About Thorlabs
Thorlabs, Inc., based in Newton, N.J., is a leading designer and manufacturer of equipment for the photonics industry. Founded in 1989, Thorlabs now operates internationally with over 400 employees and manufacturing and sales offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Sweden, and Japan. For more information, visit www.thorlabs.com.
About Boston Micromachines Corporation
Founded in 1999, BMC is a leading provider of advanced microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)-based mirror products for use in commercial adaptive optics systems, applying wavefront correction to produce high resolution images of the human retina and to enhance images blurred by the Earth’s atmosphere. Located in Cambridge, MA, BMC is a privately held company. For more information, visit www.bostonmicromachines.com.