Mars with adaptive optics

Mars with adaptive optics

Imagine Optic is proud to share this image of the planet Mars (high resolution) acquired at Pic Du Midi with the 1 meter diameter telescope “T1M.” We used an adaptive optic system “CIAO” to get rid of the telescope’s static aberrations...
Hard-XRay wavefront sensing now standard

Hard-XRay wavefront sensing now standard

New HASO HXR wavefront sensor now provides beamline scientists a robust, versatile industrial tool for hard X-rays optical metrology, to characterize and optimize beam quality. Optical metrology of X-Ray beamlines is of paramount importance in the context of...
Adaptive Optics opens gates for Nobel prizes

Adaptive Optics opens gates for Nobel prizes

In the past six years, adaptive optics (AO) has contributed to 8 Nobel Prizes. Unseen but essential, adaptive optics allows significant improvements in optical performance for imaging and laser systems… and Nobels. The 2014 chemistry laureates, Stefan Hell, Eric...