The technology behind adaptive optics was originally developed by the defence industry for propagating laser beams into space, but has since become an essential technology in astronomy.

The Artstor website will be retired on Aug 1st. Publications of the Astronomical Society... ABSTRACT The effects of anisoplanatism on the adaptive optics point‐spread function are investigated. A ...

Deformable Mirrors (DMs) are key components in Adaptive Optics (AO) systems employed in astronomy and laser communications to compensate for shape errors in optical elements and optical atmospheric ...

Perhaps the most striking feature of photonic technology is the ease with which it can be applied to and benefit many different problems. A perfect example illustrating this point is adaptive ...

A four-layer decomposition for each season is provided for adaptive optics simulations. For high angular astronomy, a telescope at Dome C needs to be elevated over this surface layer, or a specific ...

The Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA ... coronagraphy and adaptive optics, for the first time. Astronomers employ coronagraphs to block out bright objects with dedicated masks to make ...