| Imagine Optic https://www.imagine-optic.com/shop/ Wavefront Sensing, Optical Metrology & Adaptive Optics Mon, 30 Mar 2026 08:24:33 +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 | Imagine Optic https://www.imagine-optic.com/shop/ 32 32 WAVEFRONT SENSOR RECALIBRATION https://www.imagine-optic.com/products/wavefront-sensor-recalibration/ Thu, 26 Mar 2026 10:12:10 +0000 https://www.imagine-optic.com/?post_type=product&p=269338 Among other services, Imagine Optic offers a professional wavefront sensor recalibration service to help you maintain the certified λ/100 RMS accuracy of your HASO or LIFT wavefront sensor over time. Whether you need a fast remote recalibration or a full factory recalibration, we tailor the service to your quality standards and operational constraints. Check below our services and their specificities.

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Wavefront sensor recalibration service

Imagine Optic fully designs and manufactures its wavefront sensors in house: this expertise and experience is what enables our company to deliver sensors that are calibrated for absolute measurement and to offer an accuracy of λ/100 RMS—a standard unmatched in the field of wavefront sensing.

We help ensure that this performance is maintained over time and that you comply with the most stringent quality standards by offering recalibration services tailored to your specific needs:


Remote wavefront sensor recalibration

+ Customer performs himself routine measurements on his site
+ Imagine Optic verifies sensor performance, updates sensor parameters and delivers a new certificate of calibration together with new calibration files
+ No sensor shipment required
+ Fast and least instrusive service


Factory wavefront sensor recalibration

+ Imagine Optic performs the diagnostic of the wavefront sensor at his facilities
+ Imagine Optic recalibrates the wavefront sensor -replacing parts if necessary- and delivers a new certificate of calibration together with new calibration files
+ Perfect if you don’t have the necessary tools or resource availability: Imagine Optic takes care of everything


 

Learn more about our services

Imagine Optic offers a range of services to assist and support our customers and partners. These services are designed to help you get the most out of the wavefront sensing and adaptive optics solutions you have chosen.

Installation service

Our engineers will visit your site to help you install, configure, and optimize the products you have selected.

Training service

Our technical team offers you its expertise and experience in wavefront sensing and adaptive optics to ensure that your team can quickly take full advantage of the solution you have implemented.

Technical support service

Imagine Optic continues to support you after your wavefront sensor or adaptive optics solution is deployed through its after-sales technical support department.

Customization service other then wavefront sensor recalibration

Imagine Optic has a long track record of optimizing the implementation of wavefront sensing and adaptive optics solutions to specific applications or environments requirements, as well as adding new features or automation processes. To effectively develop customized solutions for our clients, we have assembled in-house teams of engineers specializing in optics, mechanics, and computer science.

We are at your service: contact us to discuss about it at sales@imagine-optic.com.

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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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HASO VACUUM https://www.imagine-optic.com/products/vacuum-compatible-wavefront-sensor-haso-vacuum/ Tue, 09 Dec 2025 15:12:48 +0000 https://www.imagine-optic.com/?post_type=product&p=268810 The HASO VACUUM is a Shack Hartmann wavefront sensor compatible with 10-6mbar vacuum to be placed directly inside vacuum and thermal chambers. It is available in two versions: USB3 protocol for high-frequency acquisition or GigE protocol for easy routing in the vacuum chamber thanks to a long cable length.
It features the new SpotTracker technology, which provides absolute wavefront sensing and tilt information and makes sensor alignment a mere formality.
Check out the 'HASOs Table' to see our full HASO and LIFT series: compare specs and choose what fits best your requirements!

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HASO VACUUM

The HASO VACUUM Shack Hartmann wavefront sensor combines all the unique features developed by Imagine Optic during 30+ years of innovation and customers feedback: ease of use (absolute measurement thanks to the embedded factory calibration), high performance (high accuracy of lambda/100 RMS, very large dynamic range), robustness (phase measurement independent of beam intensity variation, achromaticity over calibrated spectral range, insensitivity to vibrations)

 


Applications

+ Quantify optical system’s aberrations
+ Check if optical mount distorts optics
+ Verify compliance with specifications
+ Align system for optimal performance
+ Predict system’s focalization and imaging quality
+ Measure effects of temperature and gravity on performance
+ Pilot wavefront corrector to change aberrations
+ Diagnose laser beam, adjust and check pointing stability
+ Collimate optical systems and lasers
+ Quantify optical components and systems dependency to wavelength

Best For

+ Testing inside vacuum chamber
+ Adaptive optics applications
+ Laser characterization
+ High accuracy wavefront sensing


Software of VACUUM Compatible Wavefront sensor

WAVEVIEW (included) is the most advanced wavefront measurement and analysis software including more than 150 features and tools optimized for a wide range of highly demanding applications.
+ Extensions for PSF, MTF, Strehl ratio, M-Squared parameter and Advanced Zernike (annular or elliptical)
+ Windows 11 and 10 compatible
WAVETUNE (optional) is a unique software that seamlessly combines wavefront measurement and correction features with extensive diagnostics.
It is perfectly adapted to our HASO and LIFT wavefront sensors, ILAO STAR, MIRAO and mu-DM deformable mirrors, as well as to a wide range of third-party phase correctors from the market.
WAVEKIT (optional) is a SDK (Software Development Kit) in C/C++, LabVIEW and Python, providing the basis blocks on which one can build a fully customized software for specific HASO based applications or WaveView data processing routines.
+ include documentation and examples
+ available on request.

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HASO DUV Wavefront sensor https://www.imagine-optic.com/products/haso-duv/ Fri, 16 May 2025 08:09:16 +0000 https://www.imagine-optic.com/?post_type=product&p=268068 The HASO DUV is a Shack Hartmann wavefront sensor for increasingly demanding applications in the Ultraviolet spectral range.
It features the new SpotTracker technology, which provides absolute wavefront sensing and tilt information and makes sensor alignment a mere formality.
Check out the HASOs Table to see our full HASO and LIFT series: compare specs and choose what fits best your requirements!

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HASO DUV Wavefront sensor

The HASO DUV Shack Hartmann wavefront sensor combines all the unique features developed by Imagine Optic during 30+ years of innovation and customers feedback: ease of use (absolute measurement thanks to the embedded factory calibration), high performance (high accuracy of lambda/100 RMS, very large dynamic range), robustness (phase measurement independent of beam intensity variation, achromaticity over calibrated spectral range, insensitivity to vibrations).


Applications

+ Quantify optical system’s aberrations
+ Check if optical mount distorts optics
+ Verify compliance with specifications
+ Align system for optimal performance
+ Predict system’s focalization and imaging quality
+ Measure effects of temperature and gravity on performance
+ Pilot wavefront corrector to change aberrations
+ Diagnose laser beam, adjust and check pointing stability
+ Collimate optical systems and lasers
+ Quantify optical components and systems dependency to wavelength

Best For

+ Lithography, semiconductor manufacturing
+ Laser fusion
+ Excimer laser-based applications


Software

WAVEVIEW (included) is the most advanced wavefront measurement and analysis software including more than 150 features and tools optimized for a wide range of highly demanding applications.
+ Extensions for PSF, MTF, Strehl ratio, M-Squared parameter and Advanced Zernike (annular or elliptical)
+ Windows 11 and 10 compatible
WAVETUNE (optional) is a unique software that seamlessly combines wavefront measurement and correction features with extensive diagnostics.
It is perfectly adapted to our HASO and LIFT wavefront sensors, ILAO STAR, MIRAO and mu-DM deformable mirrors, as well as to a wide range of third-party phase correctors from the market.
WAVEKIT (optional) is a SDK (Software Development Kit) in C/C++, LabVIEW and Python, providing the basis blocks on which one can build a fully customized software for specific HASO based applications or WaveView data processing routines.
+ include documentation and examples
+ available on request.

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R-FLEX KIT https://www.imagine-optic.com/products/r-flex-kit/ Thu, 20 Feb 2025 17:01:42 +0000 https://www.imagine-optic.com/?post_type=product&p=267827 Maintain the accuracy and reliability of your R-FLEX VIS and SWIR systems with this essential kit. Perform regular calibration checks, conduct detailed inspections, and easily align your SWIR system with the included visible light source. The R-FLEX KIT provides everything you need for comprehensive quality control, including calibration accessories, inspection tools, and alignment aids.

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R-FLEX KIT

The R-Flex Kit comprises 3 features essential for customer Quality Assurance and easier Quality Control:

1/ Verify periodically the calibration of Imagine Optic’s R-FLEX VIS and R-FLEX SWIR metrology systems
2/ Inspect and clean them if necessary
3/ In the case of the R-FLEX SWIR metrology systems, facilitate its optical alignment on the optic to be tested by the use of visible light source


Box Content

+ Instructions for R-FLEX calibration check
+ Calibration check accessory with retroreflector and autocollimation flat reference mirror
+ Source for prealignment of the system at a visible wavelength
+ Fiber visual fault locator
+ Lamp, telescopic inspection mirror, Air blower and soft lens brush for dust inspection and cleaning
+ Optional R-FLEX50 adapter

 

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Mount Stages https://www.imagine-optic.com/products/wavefront-sensing-mount-stages/ Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:41:11 +0000 https://www.imagine-optic.com/?post_type=product&p=267829 Aligning your wavefront sensors is the preliminary -and mandatory- step in installing your instrument. You can do it quickly and easily with our specially designed mount stages. There is one for every sensor we offer: choose yours below!

 

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Mount Stages

Easy to use and reliable, these mount stages provide perfect alignment for your family of wavefront sensors and R-FLEX. They have been designed and assembled in such a way that their center of rotation corresponds to the sensor analysis pupil: so you can perform pure alignment without having to compensate for unwanted translation of the analysis pupil. A must-for quick and easy installation of you instrument. You’re welcome!


Mount Stages for wavefront sensing

The mount stages are ready-to-use solutions for quick and easy alignment of your instrument. HASO and LIFT wavefront sensors need Tip-Tilt degrees of freedom while OEC R-FLEX metrology systems need X, Y, Z translations in addition.

Features

Rotation stages Features

Mounts and wavefront sensors compatibility

 

Rotation stages & Wavefront sensors

 

 

xyz rotation stages

 

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MESO SWIR Metrology System https://www.imagine-optic.com/products/meso-swir-metrology-system/ Mon, 17 Feb 2025 10:47:50 +0000 https://www.imagine-optic.com/?post_type=product&p=267826 The MESO™ instrument is a metrology solution for easy at-wavelength testing of  flat surfaces in any  environments. Testing diameter is ranging from 1,5’’ to 6’ in SWIR.

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MESO SWIR Metrology Solution

MESO SWIR metrology system is a one-stop solution to many challenges in optical metrology. Shop floor measurements ensure quality control testing and in situ process control of your flat optics right next to the manufacturing line. A unique instrument allows to measure at several different wavelengths with no chromatic abberations and to characterize the whole range of your optics with no loss of resolution.

MESO™ is packed with innovation:

+ LIFT-enhanced high wavefront sensing resolution
+ POP patented  procedure for the testing of (thin) plane parallel optics
+ Spot Tracker™ proprietary technology provides absolute measurement of tilt and wavefront.


KEY FEATURES​

+ Insensitive to vibrations​
+ At-design wavelength testing​
+ Insensitive to reflections from sample back surface​​

APPLICATIONS​

MESO is the perfect testing tool for the control of:

+ Parallel Optics
+ Screens
+ Filters, dichroics
+ Mirrors
+ Beamsplitters
+ Windows
+ Substrates
+ Corner cubes
+ Crystals
+ Rods, Disks
+ Glass wafers
+ Displays
+ Machined surfaces
+ Windshields
+ Prisms
+ Large lenses
+ Optical systems
+ Beam expanders

KEY SPECS of MESO SWIR metrology system

+ Horizontal or vertical integration
+ Optical zoom from 1,5’’ (38,1mm) up to 6’’ (152mm)
+ Testing wavelength from 405 nm to 820 nm
+ 680 x 500 phase points resolution
+ 27us minimum acquisition time
+ Touchscreen interface control
+ Scripted testing procedures guide the user through all the steps
+ Automated control of up to 4 embedded wavelengths​
+ Automated control of test diameter​
+ Complete automated test report​
+ ISO10110 standard compliance​​
+ Multiformat data export​

WAVESURF supportive Software for MESO metrology system​

​Wavesurf allows operators and engineers in manufacturing environments to perform wavefront and surface characterization of flat optics and large lenses with just a few clicks. Scripted testing procedures guide users through all the steps. It makes control easy, automated and error-proof.

 

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LIFT LP 512 Wavefront sensor https://www.imagine-optic.com/products/lift-lp-vis-broadband/ Mon, 17 Feb 2025 09:51:38 +0000 https://www.imagine-optic.com/?post_type=product&p=267795 The LIFT LP 512 brings a very Large Pupil of analysis to phase retrieval LIFT wavefront sensing, which it combines with high accuracy absolute measurement.

It features the new SpotTracker technology, which provides absolute wavefront sensing and tilt information and makes sensor alignment a mere formality.
Check out the HASOs Table to see our full HASO and LIFT series: compare specs and choose what fits best your requirements!

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LIFT LP 512 Wavefront sensor

The LIFT LP 512 phase retrieval wavefront sensor combines all the unique features developed by Imagine Optic during 30+ years of innovation and customers feedback: ease of use (absolute measurement thanks to the embedded factory calibration), high performance (high accuracy of lambda/100 RMS, very large dynamic range), robustness (phase measurement independent of beam intensity variation, achromaticity over calibrated spectral range, insensitivity to vibrations) together with ultra high resolution (spatial resolution x16 compared with Shack Hartmann).


Applications

+ Quantify optical system’s aberrations
+ Characterize complex optics
+ Measure Mid-spatial frequency (MSF) errors
+ Check if optical mount distorts optics
+ Verify compliance with specifications
+ Align system for optimal performance
+ Predict system’s focalization and imaging quality
+ Measure effects of temperature and gravity on performance
+ Diagnose laser beam, adjust and check pointing stability
+ Collimate optical systems and lasers
+ Quantify optical components and systems dependency to wavelength

Best For

+ High spatial sampling testing
+ Large beam direct testing with no relay optics
+ High accuracy applications
+ Laser characterization and alignment
+ Large dynamic range compatibility


 

Software

WAVEVIEW (included) is the most advanced wavefront measurement and analysis software including more than 150 features and tools optimized for a wide range of highly demanding applications.
+ Extensions for PSF, MTF, Strehl ratio, M-Squared parameter and Advanced Zernike (annular or elliptical)
+ Windows 11 and 10 compatible
WAVETUNE (optional) is a unique software that seamlessly combines wavefront measurement and correction features with extensive diagnostics.
It is perfectly adapted to our HASO and LIFT wavefront sensors, ILAO STAR, MIRAO and mu-DM deformable mirrors, as well as to a wide range of third-party phase correctors from the market.
WAVEKIT (optional) is a SDK (Software Development Kit) in C/C++, LabVIEW and Python, providing the basis blocks on which one can build a fully customized software for specific HASO based applications or WaveView data processing routines.
+ include documentation and examples
+ available on request.

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HASO SWIR FAST Wavefront sensor https://www.imagine-optic.com/products/haso-swir-fast-wavefront-sensor/ Thu, 12 Dec 2024 13:39:30 +0000 https://www.imagine-optic.com/?post_type=product&p=267673 The HASO SWIR FAST is a high-speed wavefront sensor designed for demanding applications requiring accurate measurements in the shortwave infrared (SWIR) spectrum. It boasts a high frame rate, large wavefront measurement dynamic, and internal calibration for simplified integration. Ideal for adaptive optics in free space optical communication, quantum key distribution, and atmospheric turbulence characterization, the HASO SWIR FAST delivers exceptional performance and reliability. Check out the HASOs Table to see our Full HASO SERIES, compare specs and choose what fits your

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HASO SWIR FAST Wavefront sensor

With its very high frame rate, the HASO SWIR FAST Wavefront sensor is used in most demanding applications where measurement accuracy in Soft Wave InfraRed bandwidth and high temporal resolution are needed. Thanks to its large wavefront measurement dynamic and its internal calibration, its implementation in an optical bench is simplified.


Applications

+ Quantify optical system’s aberrations
+ Characterize complex optics
+ Measure Mid-spatial frequency (MSF) errors
+ Check if optical mount distorts optics
+ Verify compliance with specifications
+ Align system for optimal performance
+ Predict system’s focalization and imaging quality
+ Measure effects of temperature and gravity on performance
+ Diagnose laser beam, adjust and check pointing stability
+ Collimate optical systems and lasers
+ Quantify optical components and systems dependency to wavelength

Best For

+ Adaptive Optics for Free Space Optics (Satellite Communication or horizontal path communication)
+ Adaptive Optics for Quantum Key Distribution
+ High speed SWIR atmospheric turbulence characterization


Examples of applications of the HASO SWIR FAST Wavefront sensor

+ HASO SWIR FAST is included in our CIAO SWIR, a stand-alone adaptive optics platform that includes a Piezo DM. The loop is closed at the frequency of 3.5kHz.
+ HASO SWIR FAST has been used to characterize an atmospheric turbulence emulator and get the power spectral density up to the frequency of 2.2kHz on 36 Zernike polynomials.

Software

WAVESKY (optional) adaptive optics software and SDK to have continuous high frequency slopes measurements stream.
WAVEVIEW (included) is the most advanced wavefront measurement and analysis software including more than 150 features and tools optimized for a wide range of highly demanding applications.
+ Extensions for PSF, MTF, Strehl ratio, M-Squared parameter and Advanced Zernike (annular or elliptical)
+ Windows 11 and 10 compatible
WAVETUNE (optional) is a unique software that seamlessly combines wavefront measurement and correction features with extensive diagnostics.
It is perfectly adapted to our HASO and LIFT wavefront sensors, ILAO STAR, MIRAO and mu-DM deformable mirrors, as well as to a wide range of third-party phase correctors from the market.
WAVEKIT (optional) is a SDK (Software Development Kit) in C/C++, LabVIEW and Python, providing the basis blocks on which one can build a fully customized software for specific HASO based applications or WaveView data processing routines.
+ include documentation and examples
+ available on request.

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HASO LP Wavefront sensor https://www.imagine-optic.com/products/large-beam-wavefront-sensor-haso-lp/ Thu, 01 Aug 2024 12:40:14 +0000 https://www.imagine-optic.com/?post_type=product&p=267347 The HASO LP brings a very Large Pupil of analysis Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensing.
It features the new SpotTracker technology, which provides absolute wavefront sensing and tilt information and makes sensor alignment a mere formality. Check out the HASOs Table to see our Full HASO and LIFT SERIES, compare specs and choose what fits your requirements!

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HASO LP Wavefront sensor

The HASO LP Shack Hartmann wavefront sensor combines all the unique features developed by Imagine Optic during 30+ years of innovation and customers feedback: ease of use (absolute measurement thanks to the embedded factory calibration), high performance (high accuracy of lambda/100 RMS, very large dynamic range), robustness (phase measurement independent of beam intensity variation, achromaticity over calibrated spectral range, insensitivity to vibrations)


Applications

+ Quantify optical system’s aberrations
+ Check if optical mount distorts optics
+ Verify compliance with specifications
+ Align system for optimal performance
+ Predict system’s focalization and imaging quality
+ Measure effects of temperature and gravity on performance
+ Pilot wavefront corrector to change aberrations
+ Diagnose laser beam, adjust and check pointing stability
+ Collimate optical systems and lasers
+ Quantify optical components and systems dependency to wavelength”

Best For

+ Large beam direct testing with no relay optics
+ High accuracy applications
+ Laser characterization and alignment
+ Large dynamic range compatibility
+ High spatial sampling testing

 

Software

WAVEVIEW (included) is the most advanced wavefront measurement and analysis software including more than 150 features and tools optimized for a wide range of highly demanding applications.
+ Extensions for PSF, MTF, Strehl ratio, M-Squared parameter and Advanced Zernike (annular or elliptical)
+ Windows 11 and 10 compatible
WAVETUNE (optional) is a unique software that seamlessly combines wavefront measurement and correction features with extensive diagnostics.
It is perfectly adapted to our HASO and LIFT wavefront sensors, ILAO STAR, MIRAO and mu-DM deformable mirrors, as well as to a wide range of third-party phase correctors from the market.
WAVEKIT (optional) is a SDK (Software Development Kit) in C/C++, LabVIEW and Python, providing the basis blocks on which one can build a fully customized software for specific HASO based applications or WaveView data processing routines.
+ include documentation and examples
+ available on request.

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