@article{KazasidisVerpoortSolovievetal.2018,
  author    = {Kazasidis, Orestis and Verpoort, Sven and Soloviev, Oleg and Vdovin, Gleb and Verhaegen, Michel and Wittrock, Ulrich},
  title     = {Extended-image-based correction of aberrations using a deformable mirror with hysteresis},
  series = {Opt. Expr.},
  volume    = {26},
  journal   = {Opt. Expr.},
  doi       = {10.1364/OE.26.027161},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:836-opus-14759},
  pages     = {27161 -- 27178},
  year      = {2018},
  abstract  = {With a view to the next generation of large space telescopes, we investigate guide-star-free, image-based aberration correction using a unimorph deformable mirror in a plane conjugate to the primary mirror. We designed and built a high-resolution imaging testbed to evaluate control algorithms. In this paper we use an algorithm based on the heuristic hill climbing technique and compare the correction in three different domains, namely the voltage domain, the domain of the Zernike modes, and the domain of the singular modes of the deformable mirror. Through our systematic experimental study, we found that successive control in two domains effectively counteracts uncompensated hysteresis of the deformable mirror.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{KazasidisVerpoortWittrock2019,
  author    = {Kazasidis, Orestis and Verpoort, Sven and Wittrock, Ulrich},
  title     = {Aberration balancing using an image-sharpness metric},
  series = {J. Opt. Soc. Am. A},
  volume    = {36},
  journal   = {J. Opt. Soc. Am. A},
  number    = {8},
  doi       = {10.1364/JOSAA.36.001418},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:836-opus-109198},
  pages     = {1418 -- 1422},
  year      = {2019},
  abstract  = {Image-sharpness metrics can be used to optimize optical systems and to control wavefront sensorless adaptive optics systems. We show that for an aberrated system, the numerical value of an image-sharpness metric can be improved by adding specific aberrations. The optimum amplitudes of the additional aberrations depend on the power spectral density of the spatial frequencies of the object.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{RauschVerpoortWittrock2015,
  author    = {Rausch, Peter and Verpoort, Sven and Wittrock, Ulrich},
  title     = {Unimorph deformable mirror for space telescopes: design and manufacturing},
  series = {Opt. Expr.},
  volume    = {23},
  journal   = {Opt. Expr.},
  doi       = {10.25974/fhms-822},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:836-opus-8227},
  pages     = {19469 -- 19477},
  year      = {2015},
  abstract  = {Large space telescopes made of deployable and lightweight structures suffer from aberrations caused by thermal deformations, gravitational release, and alignment errors which occur during the deployment procedure. An active optics system would allow on-site correction of wave-front errors, and ease the requirements on thermal and mechanical stability of the optical train. In the course of a project funded by the European Space Agency we have developed and manufactured a unimorph deformable mirror based on piezoelectric actuation. The mirror is able to work in space environment and is designed to correct for large aberrations of low order with high surface fidelity. This paper discusses design, manufacturing and performance results of the deformable mirror.},
  language  = {en}
}