The 12 papers in this collection were presented at the Smart and
Adaptive Optics symposium of the CIMTEC 2012 Fourth International Conference on Smart Materials, Structures, and Systems held in Montecatini Terme, Italy in June 2012.
This, the first book-length history on the development of
adaptive optics, covers the topic from its conceptual roots to its successful application on telescopes with mirrors larger than 3.5 meters.
Although conventional
adaptive optics can accomplish many useful missions, incorporating advanced
adaptive optics into the source and relay systems will increase deployment opportunities by maximizing the system's range and efficiency.
To unscramble the light from cells buried within organisms, the researchers turned to
adaptive optics -- the same technology used by astronomers to provide clear views of distant celestial objects through Earth's turbulent atmosphere.
Masatoshi Imanishi, used Subaru Telescope's Infrared Camera and Spectrograph (IRCS) and its
adaptive optics system to observe infrared luminous merging galaxies at the infrared K-band (a wavelength of 2.2 micrometers) and L'-band (a wavelength of 3.8 micrometers).
Their topics include optics for mechanical engineers, optical surface errors, mechanical stress and optics, analyzing
adaptive optics, and the integrated opto-mechanical analysis of a telescope.
Researchers at Indiana Univ., Bloomington, are using
adaptive optics to increase the 3-D resolution in retinal imaging with OCT.
Adaptive optics for vision science; principles, practices, design and applications.
Astronomers at the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope in Chile first detected the planet candidate with infrared observations using
adaptive optics to sharpen their view.
To distinguish S2 from all the other stars near the Milky Way's crowded core, the team used a powerful technique called
adaptive optics. The method measures the amount by which starlight is blurred by Earth's turbulent atmosphere and removes that blurring by commanding a bendable telescope mirror to rapidly change its shape.
The updated Renault Koleos has an improved R-Link2 media system with a horizontal or vertical display, support for Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, as well as voice control, a Bose audio system with 13 speakers and a full set of security systems from
adaptive optics to a pedestrian-recognizing emergency automatic function.
The search for exoplanets is one of three major science drivers that were referenced in a recent successful proposal for funding from America's National Science Foundation's Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) programme, which will enable the WM Keck Observatory on Mauna Kea in Hawaii to upgrade the
adaptive optics system of its 10-metre Keck II optical telescope.
