Abstract

Xinetics originally announced a line of cost-effective deformable mirrors in March 1994. The mirrors featured repairable construction at one quarter the cost of previous products. We report on 37, 97, and 349 channel mirrors in terms of application, customer, and performance. Application range from the use of a 37 channel DM used to better image the human retina to the 97 channel upgradeable DM built for the Max Planck Institute fur Astronomie, to the 349 channel DM built for JPL Palomar Adaptive Optics. A summary will also be given on the role of the USAF Cooperative Research Development Agreements (CRDA) in giving small business the opportunity to compete on a global scale.

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