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• Shack Hartmann Technology: General principle

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	Title and description	Language
	Imagine Optic Selection Guide A guide to the ensemble of Imagine Optics hardware and software products including some technical information.	English
	HASO™3 Wavefront Sensors	English
	HASO™v3 Software	English
	HASO™ FIRST Wavefront Sensors
	HASO™ Fast Wavefront Sensors
	HASO™3 WSR Wavefront Sensors	English
	HASO™ HP Wavefront Sensors	English
	HASO™ NIR Wavefront Sensors	English
	HASO™ UV Wavefront Sensors	English
	HASO™ X-EUV Wavefront Sensors	English
	mirao™ 52-e Electromagnetic Deformable Mirror	English
	CASAO™ Adaptive Optics command & control software	English
	LIP	English
	ΘXΘY Rotation Stage Schematic Schematic of the ΘXΘY Rotation Stage
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Application notes
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	Description	Language
	True absolute measurement - This document talks about absolute measurement, what it is and how you can test your current wavefront sensor to see if it is capable.	English
	Using your HASO with a beam profiler - In this application note, we discuss the utility and limitations of beam profilers and why HASO is the ideal complement.	English
	Adaptive optics for high-power lasers and the next generation of optical fuses - In this application note, we discuss how adaptive optics is currently used in high-power lasers and its future applications.	English
	Adaptive optics for high-power femtosecond lasers - In this application note, we discuss how we worked with the Max Plank Institute to implement an adaptive-optics closed-loop system into their femtosecond laser.	English
	Quality control of NIR optics with HASO - In this application note, we discuss how we worked with B.E.A. to meet their needs for quality control of mouled NIR optics.	English
	Characterizing a 10" telescope with HASO & LIP - This document explains how we use HASO & LIP to characterize the simple, yet wide-diameter, optical system of a 10" Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope.	English
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	Description	Language
	Thermal lensing measurements in diode-pumped Yb-doped GdCOB, YCOB, YSO, YAG and KGW S. Ch enais, F. Druon, F. Balembois, G. Lucas-Leclin, Y. Fichot, P. Georges, R. Gaum e, B. Viana, G.P. Aka, D. Vivien A Shack–Hartmann wavefront sensor was used to measure thermal lensing in diode-end-pumped Yb-doped GdCOB, YCOB, YSO, YAG, and KGW crystals, under lasing or nonlasing conditions. Measured thermal lenses are aberration-free, and their focal lengths under lasing action range from 40 to 140 mm for 5 W of absorbed power. When laser action was inhibited the thermal lens dioptric power was increased significantly in most crystals, supplying evidence that nonradiative mechanisms exist. Reduction of thermal effects in a composite YCOB crystal is also investigated, as well as the dependence of thermal lensing on the emission wavelength in YSO.	English
	Generation and characterization of the highest intensity lasers S.-W. Bahk, P. Rousseau, T. A. Planchon, V. Chvykov, G. Kalintchenko, A. Maksimchuk, G. A. Mourou, and V. Yanovsky We generated a record peak intensity of0.7 x 1022 W fcm2 by focusing a 45-TW laser beam with an f/0.6 off-axis paraboloid. The aberrations of the paraboloid and the low-energy reference laser beam were measured and corrected, and a focal spot size of 0.8 pm was achieved. It is shown that the peak intensity can be increased to 1.0 x 1022'V'lf cm2 by correction of the wave front of a 45-TW beam relative to the reference beam. The phase and amplitude measurement provides for an efficient full characterization of the focal fieid.	English
	Wavefront sensors show up problems with beams Article from OLE, sept. 2005 Whether it's adjusting a telescope or focusing a laser beam to a small spot, wavefront sensing can help. Xavier Levecq explains the technique and the options available.	English
	Design and characterization of a near-diffraction-limited femtosecond 100-TW 10-Hz high-intensity laser system. M. Pittman, S. Ferré, J.P. Rousseau, L. Notebaert, J.P. Chambaret, G. Cheriaux We present the design and characterization of a femtosecond high-intensity laser system emitting a neardiffraction-limited beam. This system was dimensioned in order to reach intensities in excess of 10²° W/cm² at a high repetition rate for ultrahigh-field physics experiments. We describe the improvements that were added to a conventional chirp pulse amplification configuration in order to decrease the deleterious effects of gain narrowing, gain shifting, thermal focusing in the amplifier stages, and spatial degradation due tomultipass amplification processes.	English
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Learn how our customers use our products in the adaptive optics domain.
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	Description	Language
	Comparison of different AO systems Comparison of different adaptive optic systems involving the same mirror, 2001	English
	AO for ultra intense Laser - Wavefront sensing Wavefront sensing and adaptive optics in visible range, article by P. Mercere (loa, Palaiseau) 2001	English
	Utilisation en imagerie du vivant Utilisation et impact des analyseurs de Front d’onde Shack-Hartmann sur les techniques d’imagerie du vivant	French
	AO for ultra intense Laser - Spacial quality Importance of spatial quality of intense femtosecond pulses, article by S. Ranc (loa, Palaiseau) 2000	English
	AO for ultra intense Laser - Off-axis aberration compensation Off-axis aberration compensation of focusing with spherical mirrors using deformable mirrors, article by T. Planchon (loa, palaiseau) 2002	English
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	Testimony Wavefront sensing and adaptive optic for Femtosecond lasers	English
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Shack Hartmann Technology: General principle.
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	Description	Language
	History and principles of Shack Hartmann wavefront sensing Description of the main principles and the history of Shack Hartmann technology by Ben Platt and Roland Shack himself (2001)	English
	Theoritical optical aberrations and their outcomes Theoritical optical aberrations and their outcomes by G Yoon	English
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