Why Fast Steering Mirrors are used in Laser Communication / Free Space Optical Communication
Space-qualified Steering Mirrors for Laser Communication A compact, voice-coil driven, flexure guided fast steering mirror. (Source: PI) Demo: A piezo-based two-axis fast steering mirror (model S-335) directing [...] pole-mounted transceivers with up to 10GBps throughput. Why Fast Steering Mirrors? Custom piezo actuator-driven fast tip/tilt steering mirror on the Solar Orbiter satellite. Learn more Due to the low divergence [...] (Source: PI) Resonant frequencies of the long throw S-335.2SH fast piezo steering mirror with different loads: 1” mirror, ½” mirror, no load. Units, such as the S-331, provide higher operating frequencies