An Application of Simulated Annealing in Compensation of Nonlinearity of Scanners

Manwar, Rayyan, Zafar, Mohsin, Podoleanu, Adrian G.H., Avanaki, Mohammad (2019) An Application of Simulated Annealing in Compensation of Nonlinearity of Scanners. Applied Sciences, 9 (8). Article Number 1655. ISSN 2076-3417. (doi:10.3390/app9081655) (KAR id:73582)

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Abstract

Galvo scanners are popular devices for fast transversal scanning. A triangular signal is usually employed to drive galvo scanners at scanning rates close to the inverse of their response

time where scanning deflection becomes a nonlinear function of applied voltage. To address this, the triangular signal is synthesized from several short ramps with different slopes. An optimization algorithm similar to a simulated annealing algorithm is used for finding the optimal signal shape to drive the galvo scanners. As a result, a significant reduction in the nonlinearity of the galvo scanning is obtained.

Item Type:	Article
DOI/Identification number:	10.3390/app9081655
Uncontrolled keywords:	optimization; algorithm; galvo scanner; nonlinearity; simulation
Institutional Unit:	Schools > School of Engineering, Mathematics and Physics > Physics and Astronomy
Former Institutional Unit:	Divisions > Division of Natural Sciences > Physics and Astronomy
Depositing User:	Adrian Podoleanu
Date Deposited:	23 Apr 2019 10:13 UTC
Last Modified:	20 May 2025 09:44 UTC
Resource URI:	https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/73582 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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