1. Adaptive Optics Deformable Mirror Electronics Simulation Pearl Yamaguchi Subaru Telescope National Astronomical Observatory of Japan Mentor: Stephen Colley

2. Outline Project Scope Adaptive Optics Deformable Mirror Protecting the Deformable Mirror Determinations

3. Project Scope Investigate ways of protecting the Deformable Mirror –From sharp changes in voltage –Slew rate limit Concern –Possible damage due to rapid changes in drive signals

4. Adaptive Optics Primary Components of AO System –Wavefront Sensor –Control Computer –Deformable Mirror Image without AOImage with AO

5. Bimorph Deformable Mirror Two piezoelectric wafers Oppositely polarized Array of electrodes Dynamically compensates for aberrations Expanding or contracting with stimulus

6. Deformable Mirror Actuators Current AO System 36 actuators Second Generation AO 188 Actuators Electrode pattern –Inner and Outer segments –Load on electronics appears as pure capacitance

7. Project Objective Manufacturer suggested slew rate limit 100 Volts/ms Full scale range +/- 400 Volts Ramping insures limit 100V 200V 1ms2 mstime V

8. Protection from Voltage Jumps Control Computer Digital to Analog Converters High Voltage Amplifiers Control Computer D/A Converter HV Amplifier DM Ideal safety feature here

9. High Voltage Amplifiers Current Limiting to limit charging of segment Capacitive Load Non-Linear operation of amplifiers

10. Electronics Simulation for Deformable Mirror Implemented and expanded circuit Using PSpice Models behavior of circuit elements Time and frequency response Test validity of design considerations

11. Current Limiting High Voltage Amplifiers Significant Results Oscillates Unstable Eliminated as a solution

12. Digital to Analog Converters Determine if digital logic implemented slew rate limit is feasible Continue simulation of D/A Converters Test step limited slew rate Control Computer D/A Converter HV Amplifier DM

13. Stepping Approximation Approximate ramp with Stepping Implement in digital logic D/A Converters 100V 200V 1ms2 mstime V

14. Summary Protect the mirror Created PSpice model Ruled out High Voltage Amplifiers Investigated D/A Converters 100V 200V 1ms2 mstime V

15. Acknowledgements Stephen Colley, AO Project Engineer Hideki Takami, AO Project Manager Subaru Telescope, NAOJ Center for Adaptive Optics University of Hawaii, Manoa This project is supported by the National Science Foundation Science and Technology Center for Adaptive Optics, managed by the University of California at Santa Cruz under cooperative agreement. No. AST - 9876783