Adaptive Optics have four major application fields:
 Astronomy: Adaptive Optics are used to compensate for the atmospheric turbulence and allow ground based instruments to achieve performances close to the theoretical limits of physics.
CILAS has provided several equipments for the COME-ON, NAOS, VLT projects of the European Southern Observatory (ESO), for the GEMINI telescope in the United States, for the SUBARU telescope in Japan.
In addition to its knowledge in communication and transmission by laser of messages and data, the current CILAS expertise in adaptive optics is derived from prior development activity carried out by the LASERDOT Corporation, for example: the adaptive optics system on the "Canada France Hawaii Telescope" in the U.S. (one of the very first of that type employed in astronomy), and from systems created for the optimization of laser beam propagation in the atmosphere.
Lasers: lasers light is often used to focus energy on small surfaces or to be propagated at long distances. This can only be achieved if the wavefront of the beam is not perturbed. Adaptive Optics can enhance the quality of the wavefront, and therefore enable better performance of scientific and industrial lasers.
CILAS is part of the LASER MEGAJOULE and the SILVA projects for the French Atomic Agency (CEA), collaborates with numerous scientific laboratories (CNRS), institutes and industrial companies all over the world.
Military Applications: Adaptive Optics are used to enhance long distance observations and to focus laser beam energy on targets.
Medical Imaging - Ophthalmology: Adaptive Optics can correct medical images passing through little favourable media. This is particularly useful for very high resolution imaging of the retina through the crystalline lens and the vitreous humour.
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