She was an expert in optical physics, specifically in adaptive-optics mirrors, a field she'd selected to complement her life-long hobby, astronomy.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cardinal of the Kremlin]

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 possible image.    From Wordnik.com.  [physicsworld.com: all content] Reference

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 the company was accredited with ISO 9001: 2008 certification in May by Bureau Veritas Certification.    From Wordnik.com.  [WebWire | Recent Headlines] Reference

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 successes of the Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars).    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » By Request: Space Flight] Reference

Dr. Kiyoko Nakashima, MD, investigator at the Quinze-Vingts Hospital, states: "The new, fully automated, adaptive-optics system is an enormous plus because, contrary to other systems, the user doesn't need any knowledge of adaptive optics to use it.    From Wordnik.com.  [WebWire | Recent Headlines] Reference