Today, adaptive optics (AO) is installed on all very large astronomical telescopes. It allows to overcome the limitation in angular resolution imposed on large ground-based telescopes by the atmospheric turbulence perturbations. This review paper presents the state of the art of the field for astronomical applications. It gives the principles of AO and describes its main components which are the deformable mirrors, the wavefront sensors and the control algorithms. The paper also presents the main recent achievements and ongoing projects. First, for the direct imaging of extra-solar planets by extreme AO and coronography, taking as example the SPHERE instrument. Then to solve the problem of the very limited sky coverage by using laser guide ...
Abstract. Observations with ground based telescopes suffer from atmospheric turbulence. Inde-pendent...
The advent of 30-40 m class telescopes will allow the study of the formation and evolution of primor...
The 2020s are to see the first light of Extremely Large Telescopes (ELTs), and together with it a re...
The performance of an Adaptive Optics (AO) system equipped with a Laser Guide Star (LGS) on 3.6~m an...
L’ELT (Extremely Large Telescope), est un télescope de diamètre 39 m en cours de réalisation par l’O...
The next decade will see the first light of the new Extremely Large Telescopes (ELTs). Those giant t...
Nous allons assister au cours de la prochaine décennie, à la première lumière des nouveaux Extremely...
Observations of fainter and fainter astrophysical objects in the universe require an increasing flux...
La résolution des télescopes astronomiques d'observation de l'Espace est sévèrement limitée par les ...
Severely Iimited by atmospheric turbulence, large ground based telescopes are not capable of attaini...
Depuis près de 30 ans, l’optique adaptative (OA) se développe en astronomie pour corriger les effets...
Modern ground-based telescopes rely on Adaptive Optics (AO) systems, which compensate for atmospheri...
La communauté astronomique prépare l’arrivée des télescopes géants avec notamment l’ELT, télescope e...
Atmospheric turbulence limits the quality of stellar images obtained from the ground with a telescop...
The atmospheric turbulence affects image quality and causes angular resolution losses at the focus o...
Abstract. Observations with ground based telescopes suffer from atmospheric turbulence. Inde-pendent...
The advent of 30-40 m class telescopes will allow the study of the formation and evolution of primor...
The 2020s are to see the first light of Extremely Large Telescopes (ELTs), and together with it a re...
The performance of an Adaptive Optics (AO) system equipped with a Laser Guide Star (LGS) on 3.6~m an...
L’ELT (Extremely Large Telescope), est un télescope de diamètre 39 m en cours de réalisation par l’O...
The next decade will see the first light of the new Extremely Large Telescopes (ELTs). Those giant t...
Nous allons assister au cours de la prochaine décennie, à la première lumière des nouveaux Extremely...
Observations of fainter and fainter astrophysical objects in the universe require an increasing flux...
La résolution des télescopes astronomiques d'observation de l'Espace est sévèrement limitée par les ...
Severely Iimited by atmospheric turbulence, large ground based telescopes are not capable of attaini...
Depuis près de 30 ans, l’optique adaptative (OA) se développe en astronomie pour corriger les effets...
Modern ground-based telescopes rely on Adaptive Optics (AO) systems, which compensate for atmospheri...
La communauté astronomique prépare l’arrivée des télescopes géants avec notamment l’ELT, télescope e...
Atmospheric turbulence limits the quality of stellar images obtained from the ground with a telescop...
The atmospheric turbulence affects image quality and causes angular resolution losses at the focus o...
Abstract. Observations with ground based telescopes suffer from atmospheric turbulence. Inde-pendent...
The advent of 30-40 m class telescopes will allow the study of the formation and evolution of primor...
The 2020s are to see the first light of Extremely Large Telescopes (ELTs), and together with it a re...