The deformable mirror demonstration mission (DeMi) CubeSat: optomechanical design validation and laboratory calibration
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Douglas, Ewan S.; Cahoy, Kerri L.; Barnes, Derek; Haughwout, Christian; Holden, Bobby G.; Stein, Abigail J.; Allan, Gregory; Furesz, Gabor; Egan, Mark; do Vale Pereira, Paula; Grunwald, Warren; Gubner, Jennifer; ... Show more Show less
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© COPYRIGHT SPIE. Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only. Coronagraphs on future space telescopes will require precise wavefront correction to detect Earth-like exoplanets near their host stars. High-actuator count microelectromechanical system (MEMS) deformable mirrors provide wavefront control with low size, weight, and power. The Deformable Mirror Demonstration Mission (DeMi) payload will demonstrate a 140 actuator MEMS Deformable Mirror (DM) with 5:5 μm maximum stroke. We present the flight optomechanical design, lab tests of the flight wavefront sensor and wavefront reconstructor, and simulations of closed-loop control of wavefront aberrations. We also present the compact flight DM controller, capable of driving up to 192 actuator channels at 0-250V with 14-bit resolution. Two embedded Raspberry Pi 3 compute modules are used for task management and wavefront reconstruction. The spacecraft is a 6U CubeSat (30 cm x 20 cm x 10 cm) and launch is planned for 2019.
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2018-08-21Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics; MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary SciencesPublisher
SPIE
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Douglas, Ewan S., Cahoy, Kerri L., Barnes, Derek, Haughwout, Christian, Holden, Bobby G. et al. 2018. "The deformable mirror demonstration mission (DeMi) CubeSat: optomechanical design validation and laboratory calibration."
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