AO Kits Archives | Imagine Optic https://www.imagine-optic.com/categorie-produit/ao-kits/ Wavefront Sensing, Optical Metrology & Adaptive Optics Tue, 31 Mar 2026 08:54:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.imagine-optic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/cropped-favicon-imagine-32x32.png AO Kits Archives | Imagine Optic https://www.imagine-optic.com/categorie-produit/ao-kits/ 32 32 CIAO SWIR https://www.imagine-optic.com/products/ciao-swir-adaptive-optics-system/ Fri, 09 Jan 2026 15:07:37 +0000 https://www.imagine-optic.com/?post_type=product&p=268885 CIAO SWIR is a compact adaptive optics system for Satellite Communication, Free Space Optics and Quantum key Distribution . By removing static aberrations due to mirrors misalignment, thermal or gravity effects and by drastically reducing the effect of air turbulence, CIAO improves the coupling efficiency in a single mode fiber and therefore improves the optical link datarate and stability

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Adaptive Optics solution CIAO SWIR enables reliable, secure and fast communication

Connecting directly to the telescope , CIAO is inserted between the telescope’s focal plane and the user fiber holder without modifying the optical path. Set up is facilitated by the embedded tip-tilt alignment interface and autocalibration tools.  The user can close the Adaptive Optics loop with a simple click, to activate the aberrations correction and to reach a stable datarate.   


Key Features

+ Easy to install add-on for ground-based telescopes from 200mm up to 1m diameter
+ Corrects up to 40 modes thanks to piezo-electric deformable mirror
+ Fast SWIR Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor, of more than 4.5 kHz 
+ Internal source allows a very easy and simple auto-calibration
+ User access to the beamsplitter (spectrally neutral or dichroic)
+ Single mode fiber holder included
+ Compatible with up to 100µW (-10dBm) of 1550nm at the input

Best For

+ Downlink satellite communication (SATCOM)
+ Horizontal path free space optics (FSO) communication
+ Quantum key distribution
+ Fast adaptive optics in SWIR
+ Daytime or Nighttime operation
+ Atmosphere Characterization in SWIR


 

Software 

+ Dedicated software for fast AO loop control
+ Many parameters are available to optimize the loop and adapt the configuration to the telescope, the seeing condition, the target and the application.

WAVESKY Adaptive Optics Software

+ Wavesky was made with a RunTime approach, meaning it has no GUI. Launch the server, connect your client through TCP-IP and drive the loop and make diagnostics.
+ It includes C++ and Python client examples

CIAO is a compact innovative add-on that enhances your telescope’s performance. We customize for our users: please contact us to discuss how it benefits your application 

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CIAO VIS https://www.imagine-optic.com/products/ciao-adaptive-optics-system-for-telescope-and-space-applications/ Wed, 11 Oct 2023 12:55:24 +0000 https://www.imagine-optic.com/?post_type=product&p=266567 CIAO is the go-to telescope adaptive optics solution for Astronomy. By removing static aberrations due to mirrors misalignment, thermal or gravity effects and by drastically
reducing
the effect of air turbulence, CIAO improves the resolution of images or increases the coupling efficiency in a single mode fiber.

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CIAO Adaptive Optics solution enables high resolution imaging for Astronomy

Connecting directly to the telescope eyepiece, CIAO is inserted between the telescope’s focal plane and the user plane (sensor or fiber holder) without modifying the optical path. Set up is facilitated by the embedded tip-tilt alignment interface and autocalibration tools. After pointing on the target, the user can close the Adaptive Optics loop with a simple click, to activate the aberrations correction or to lock in very fine pointing.   


Key Features

+ Easy to install add-on for ground-based telescopes from f/22 to f/8, 200mm up to 1m diameter
+ Fast low light Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor, 1kHz Operating between 400nm to 1100nm
+ Internal source allows a very easy and simple auto-calibration
+ Adjustable tip-tilt off-axis ball point for optical alignment
+ Optional Single mode fiber holder for white light interferometry, spectroscopy 

Best For

+ High resolution imaging on planets or solar surface thanks to its compatibility with extended source
+ Stellar interferometry
+ High performance spectrometry
+ Space Situational Awareness (SSA)   


 

Software 

+ Dedicated software for fast AO loop control
+ Many parameters are available to optimize the loop and adapt the configuration to the telescope, the seeing condition, the target and the application.

CIAO is a compact innovative adaptive optics add-on that enhances your telescope’s performance. We customize for our users: please contact us to discuss how it benefits your application 

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AO KIT ILAO STAR https://www.imagine-optic.com/products/adaptive-optics-kit-ilao-star/ https://www.imagine-optic.com/products/adaptive-optics-kit-ilao-star/#respond Mon, 15 Feb 2021 15:23:14 +0000 http://imagine.charlottejourdain.fr/?post_type=product&p=260934 The AO kit ILAO Star is an association of A HASO wavefront sensor for a simple, precise and reliable measurement of the wavefront,
An ILAO STAR deformable mirror for a smooth and stable correction, WaveTune software for a total control of the operations, and PharAO (Phase Retrieval algorithm)  for the ultimate correction.

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AO KIT ILAO STAR

Adaptive Optics KIT ILAO Star is an association of A HASO wavefront sensor for a simple, precise and reliable measurement of the wavefront, An ILAO STAR deformable mirror for a smooth and stable correction, WaveTune software for a total control of the operations, and PharAO (Phase Retrieval algorithm) for the ultimate correction.


Features

+ Mirror shape maintained even without electrical power
+ Excellent optical quality with active flat better than 10 nm rms and minimal print-through effect
+ Perfectly adapted to a beam diameters ranging from 20 to 500 mm
+ Dielectric, metallic, or hybrid coating available
+ Compatible with WaveTune software and every HASO wavefront sensors
+ Optional SDK in C, Python, Labview

Best For

+ Correcting aberrations in full-power mode
+ Focal spot correction
+ Wavefront precompensation
+ Particle acceleration
+ High harmonic generation


Key advantages of Adaptive Optics KIT 

+ Reliable adaptive optics solutions for ultra-high intense lasers
+ All the main components of an adaptive optics system from a single supplier
+ Makes the most of software functionalities, including security options

Performance

Adaptive Optics (AO) improves the performance of optical systems by reducing the effect of wavefront distortions with the goal of delivering the best focusing or image quality for science and industry.

+ HASO wavefront sensor
HASO series Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensors offer accuracy (lambda/100 rms), linearity (<0.1% linearity error) and dynamic range, all together, without compromise. This will allow the optimum level of corrections performance or the ability to fully characterize a phase modulator.

+ WaveTune AO software
WaveTune addresses all the requirements for closed- and open-loop types of operations. It also offers advanced diagnostics and configurations of the interaction matrix, which is a major step in streamlining the process of implementing the AO system.

+ ILAO STAR wavefront modulator
ILAO STAR is the wavefront correction element of the full-featured adaptive-optics solutions that Imagine Optic provides for ultra-intense and ultra-fast lasers. When combined with a HASO4 wavefront sensor and our WaveTune command & control software, you have a turnkey solution, in which each element works together seamlessly via one ergonomic interface.

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MICAO 3DSR https://www.imagine-optic.com/products/micao-3dsr-adaptive-optics-system/ https://www.imagine-optic.com/products/micao-3dsr-adaptive-optics-system/#respond Wed, 03 Feb 2021 16:29:29 +0000 http://imagine.charlottejourdain.fr/?post_type=product&p=12476 MicAO 3DSR Adaptive Optics Systems is the first plug & click adaptive optics device dedicated to 3D single molecule localization microscopy techniques. By correcting aberrations, MicAO 3DSR restores near-diffraction-limited resolution and axial symmetry of the PSF. As a result, the number of detected photons is increased, which in turn improves localization precision in all three dimensions.

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High Resolution 3D for SMLM

 

MicAO 3DSR Adaptive Optics Systems involves a user-friendly MicAO software that contains sensorless (image-based) aberration detection algorithms developed by the adaptive optics community. The software can be operated standalone with its own user interface or via plug-in available for certain versions of µManager©, Metamorph© and NIS Elements©. MicAO software is constantly beeing improved and updated.


Key Features

+ Corrects aberrations and restores diffraction-limited PSF
+ Delivers best 2D and 3D localization precision for PALM/STORM imaging
+ Doubles the number of detected photons and improves localization precision
+ High temporal stability of the correction

Best For

+ Photoactivation localization microscopy (PALM)
+ Stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy (STORM)
+ Single particle tracking (SPT)


 

PLUG-AND-CLICK

MicAO 3DSR has been developed for easy implementation on any inverted-frame microscope. The device is simply inserted between the microscope side port and the imaging camera, and it functions as an image relay, also allowing for the use of additional modules such as dual color view devices and microscope port splitters

SOFTWARE 

MicAO 3DSR is delivered with user-friendly software which contains all the necessary tools for detection and correction of aberrations in biological samples.

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AO KIT BIO https://www.imagine-optic.com/products/ao-kit-bio-adaptive-optics-set-microscopy/ https://www.imagine-optic.com/products/ao-kit-bio-adaptive-optics-set-microscopy/#respond Mon, 01 Feb 2021 12:36:43 +0000 http://imagine.charlottejourdain.fr/?post_type=product&p=407 AOKit Bio is a set of adaptive optics components composed of a wavefront sensor, either HASO4 First or HASO4 SWIR, a deformable mirror or phase modulator, and WaveTune adaptive optics software.

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AO Systems for microscopy

Available in a variety of hardware configurations for open and closed-loop use, AOKit Bio is the solution for researchers who want to incorporate adaptive optics into their custom-built imaging systems. AOKit Bio is compatible with different phase modulators and HASO wavefront sensors. Combining this mirror with the accuracy of HASO wavefront sensors and the ease of use of our adaptive optics software, AOKit Bio is your key to successful imaging.Adaptive Optics set microscopy AOKit Bio is a set of adaptive optics components composed of a wavefront sensor, either HASO First or HASO SWIR, a deformable mirror or phase modulator, and WaveTune adaptive optics software.


Features

+ HASO First or HASO SWIR
+ Dedicated  software
+ Wavekit SDK
+ mu-DM, MirAO 52e/52es or any compatible DM or phase modulator

Best For

+  Wide field
+ Confocal
+ Multiphoton
+ Light sheet
+ STED and SIM microscopy, as well as FCS or optical tweezers


A UNIQUE SET OF ADVANTAGES

+ The adaptive optics loop can be integrated with different phase modulators, such as deformable mirrors and spatial light modulators (SLM)
+ Integration with one of our deformable mirror delivers 50 µm maximal deformation and exceptional surface quality (10 nm RMS active flat)
+ The choice of HASO wavefront sensors allows reaching λ/100 RMS absolute accuracy over 400 λ dynamic range
+ AOKit Bio includes an adaptive optics software either with a user interface  or an SDK
+ Software allows to calibrate the phase modulator, to operate it in closed or open – loop modes
+ Software solution contains sensorless, image – based iterative aberration detection algorithms (3N and phase diversity) dedicated to microscopy applications
+ Software plugins are available for certain versions of NIS-ElementsTM, μManagerTM and MetamorphTM

 

Adaptive optics software

We provide two different adaptive optics software to control the hardware components of AOKit Bio package. For easy and fast implementation we recommend using the dedicated Software, which has been
specifically designed for aberration detection in microscopy. With a simple user interface, this program controls all the functions of the wavefront sensor and deformable mirror, both in closed and open-loop modes. For aberration detection it is using sensorless, image-based iterative aberration detection methods, genetic and 3N. For implementation of these methods into the home-built software we also provide WaveKit Bio, the Software Development Kit (SDK)

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