What does AO stand for?

Adaptive Optics

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Samples in periodicals archive:

You have to overcome that by using adaptive optics to rectify the distortion and get a better quality signal.

United States: Fibreless fibre optics developed by US Air Force

Engineers will assess each shot's performance and use the results to fine-tune the adaptive optics.

Airborne laser to shoot ballistic missile as part of flight test

It uses adaptive optics so telescopes can see into space better.

Patenting the future: academy physicist develops satellite imaging ...

The InSight, which operates at a nominal 2 meter stand-off distance, employs the company's proprietary Adaptive Optics technology to fully automate the subject experience.

AOptix Releases InSight,ao 2 Meter Iris Recognition System

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] But among current adaptive optics systems, the number of actuators and their ability to respond rapidly enough to atmospheric distortions may not suffice to photograph a faint planet.

Extrasolar: three new projects aim to capture a first: an image of a ...

Adaptive optics relies on a laser to create an artificial star, or a constellation of fake stars, in the sky.

Eyes to the skies getting bigger

Adaptive optics relies on a laser to create an artificial star, or a constellation of fake stars, in the sky.

Telescope race builds on future of grand visions

Jacque Duncan, assistant adjunct professor, Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco, will be working on the development of the Adaptive Optics Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscope (AOSLO) for evaluating the retinas of people affected by retinal degenerations.

The Foundation Fighting Blindness (FFB) recently presented the first ...