Deformable Mirrors

Deformable mirrors enable correction for aberrations in the image that arise from sample or system-specific distortions in the optical wavefront.

Imagine Optic

Mirao 52E

We currently have support for a Mirao 52E. The flat_path provides a path to a system correction .wcs file, an Imagine Optic proprietary file that stores actuator voltages and corresponding Zernike coefficients.

Configuration File

microscopes:
  microscope_name:
    mirror:
        hardware:
          type: ImagineOpticsMirror
          flat_path: D:\WaveKitX64\MirrorFiles\BeadsCoverslip_20231212.wcs
        n_modes: 32

Synthetic Mirror

It is not necessary to have a deformable mirror to run the software. If no deformable mirror is present, but one wants to evaluate the deformable mirror correction features, one must configure the software to use a synthetic deformable mirror.

Configuration File

microscopes:
  microscope_name:
    mirror:
      hardware:
        type: SyntheticMirror
        flat_path: D:\WaveKitX64\MirrorFiles\BeadsCoverslip_20231212.wcs
      n_modes: 32