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the branch of optics that compensates for image distortions, esp. by means of flexible mirrors or membranes

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  • She was an expert in optical physics, specifically in adaptive-optics mirrors, a field she'd selected to complement her life-long hobby, astronomy.
  • Instead of using all the light gathered by the telescope, the team used a reduced aperture of 1.5 m as this allowed the adaptive-optics system to deliver the best...
  • Orsay, France, July 21, 2010 - Imagine Optic, Europe's leading provider of high-precision wavefront metrology and adaptive-optics solutions, is proud to announce that...
  • I think Hubble was a possible exception (though a few years later Hubble began to be rivaled by adaptive-optics telescopes at a fraction of the cost — one of the few...
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