Fine and fast Steering Mirrors
CEDRAT TECHNOLOGIES (CTEC) offers a wide range of both Fast Steering platform and mirror solutions, available Commercially of the Shelves (COTS) from lab to filed and Space qualified products.
A Fast Steering Mirror (FSM) solution includes a Mirror integrated on a steering platform (Tilt or Tip/Tilt), positions sensors and a controller. CTEC COTS FSM and steering platforms are either piezo or magnetic actuator-based mechanisms. They are controlled with either piezo controllers or magnetic controllers. Their sensors are either Strain Gauges (SG) or Eddy Current Sensors (ECS).
As an option for COTS Tilt or Tip/Tilt platforms, CTEC can propose to outsource and to integrate a suitable mirror defined in collaboration with the customer. CTEC can even design customized mirrors (Silicon Carbide SiC, Fused Silica SiO2, …).
COTS FSM and COTS Tilt or Tip/Tilt Platforms are presented below. A dedicated brochure Fine and Fast Steering Mirrors as well several publications present the customized and OEM FSM solutions already delivered by CTEC to the Space, Optronics and industrial Electro Optic markets.
FSM INCLUDING DEFINED MIRROR
PLATFORMS OFFERING MIRROR CUSTOMIZATION
APPLICATIONS
CTEC’s Fast Steering Mirrors are commonly used in optical instruments, cameras, telescopes, and electro-optical systems embedded in aircraft, helicopters, drones, satellites, space probes, etc. Initially developed for space applications, CTEC’s Fast Steering Mirrors inherit several advantages for embedded systems and applications in harsh environments:
- They are optimized to reduce power consumption, which benefits both the size and cost of electronics as well as the heating and reliability of the FSM,
- They are also optimized in volume and mass, reducing the overall cost of the embedded system
- They have been designed to withstand launch shocks and vibrations and offer a long in-flight lifespan, which prevents mission failure
- They also offer excellent dynamic performance and a wide temperature range, maximizing their usability
Thanks to all these advantages, these FSMs have been adopted not only for European and American space missions but also for many demanding optical functions, such as those listed below.
Space & Newspace
LEO Optical Inter Satellite Link (OISL), Deep Space Optical Communication (DSOC), GEO Ground Laser link, Field Of View (FOV) scanning, Adaptive telescope Mirror…
Optronics
Image & line of sight (LOS) stabilization, Anti blurring, D-scanning, micro scanning, tracking, dithering, Free-space optical (FSO) communication link, laser designator, Beam wander correction for High Energy Laser (HEL)…
Scientific instrumentation
Interferometer, Lidar, laser guide star, High Energy laser…
Production & machining
Laser cutting engraving, 3-D printer, rapid prototyping, material processing machine…
Medical technologies
Ophtalmological Laser, Microscopy for Biotech, Bio 3D printing, Holography guided surgery…
Aircraft
LEO Optical Inter Satellite Link (OISL), Deep Space Optical Communication (DSOC), GEO Ground Laser link, Field Of View (FOV) scanning, Adaptive telescope Mirror…
