Optics and Photonics News has published a historical overview of adaptive optics, “Adaptive Optics: Then and Now”. Its most recent landmark is ours: the module of two cascaded Deformable Phase Plates.
“Scientists first used adaptive optics in microscopy in 1999 for tip–tilt correction. Since then, some systems have employed active, shape-shifting elements such as deformable mirrors or liquid-crystal spatial light modulators to correct for aberrations. In 2021, researchers in Germany developed a module composed of two deformable phase plates, enabling direct integration into existing microscopes”
We look forward to the many applications that refractive adaptive optics will enable.
Links:
- Historical overview by Optics and Photonics News: “Adaptive Optics: Then and Now”
- Original publication by Phaseform’s co-founder and CTO, Dr. Pouya Rajaeipour: “Cascading optofluidic phase modulators for performance enhancement in refractive adaptive optics” https://doi.org/10.1117/1.AP.2.6.066005 (open access)
- Phaseform news entry on being featured on the spie.org home page
- LinkedIn post by Optica
