Webinar : Adaptive optics in astronomy and beyond
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An online conference jointly organized by the Australian National University (ANU, Australia), Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL, France) and the Università di Padova (UniPadova, Italy).
Adaptive optics (AO) in astronomy emerged in the early 1990s, then developed in the wake of major technological breakthroughs in three key areas: wave front sensing, high-performance real-time calculation and deformable mirrors. These advances were made possible by a close and efficient collaboration between academic institutions and industries.
This online conference will first focus on historical aspects of AO developments, showing how major scientific and technological locks were progressively undone, thanks to international cooperation and to academic-industrial links. It will then present some examples of today’s and tomorrow’s realizations in AO, both in astronomy and other areas such as medical sciences.
Photo credit : ESO/G. Hüdepohl (atacamaphoto.com)
Free and mandatory registration.
The conference will be fully recorded.