Jet propulsion of wind ejecta from a major flare in the black hole microquasar SS433 by Blundell, K, Hirst, P

“…We present direct evidence, from Adaptive-Optics near-infra-red imaging, of the jets in the Galactic microquasar SS433 interacting with enhanced wind-outflow off the accretion disc that surrounds the black hole in this system. …”

The Deformation of an Erupting Magnetic Flux Rope in a Confined Solar Flare by Ruisheng Zheng, Yihan Liu, Liang Zhang, Yang Liu, Changhui Rao, Qing Lin, Zhimao Du, Libo Zhong, Huadong Chen, Yao Chen

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Multi-Stage Cortical Plasticity Induced by Visual Contrast Learning by Jie Xi, Jie Xi, Pan Zhang, Pan Zhang, Pan Zhang, Wu-Li Jia, Wu-Li Jia, Wu-Li Jia, Nihong Chen, Nihong Chen, Jia Yang, Jia Yang, Ge-Tong Wang, Ge-Tong Wang, Yun Dai, Yun Dai, Yudong Zhang, Yudong Zhang, Chang-Bing Huang, Chang-Bing Huang

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Functional architecture of the foveola revealed in the living primate. by Juliette E McGregor, Lu Yin, Qiang Yang, Tyler Godat, Khang T Huynh, Jie Zhang, David R Williams, William H Merigan

“…In this study, we use adaptive optics scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (AOSLO) to image the calcium responses of RGCs in the living primate, with a stable, high precision visual stimulus that allowed us to localize the receptive fields of hundreds of foveal ganglion cells. …”
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Adaptive Continuous-Variable Quantum Key Distribution with Discrete Modulation Regulative in Free Space by Yiwu Zhu, Lei Mao, Hui Hu, Yijun Wang, Ying Guo

“…To compensate for the loss in free space, we deploy an adaptive optics (AO) unit in the detector of the CVQKD system with discrete modulations. …”
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Digital Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensing by Rinov Herawan.

“…Since the SHWS has some advantages for wavefront measuring of a laser beam with a large aperture, and the noise properties of this sensor are well determinedand it is simple to operate sucha sensor, SHWS became the most popularwavefront sensor for adaptive optics. Generally, the wavefrontestimation procedure may be categorized as e…”
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The central kinematics of NGC 1399 measured with 14pc resolution by Houghton, R, Magorrian, J, Sarzi, M, Thatte, N, Davies, R, Krajnovic, D

“…We present near infra-red (NIR) adaptive optics assisted spectroscopic observations of the CO ($\Delta\mu=2$) absorption bands towards the centre of the giant elliptical galaxy NGC 1399. …”

Scientific requirements for a European ELT by Hook, I, Dalton, G, Gilmozzi, R

“…We also discuss specific requirements on instrumentation, site and adaptive optics. In several cases, detailed simulated observations will be required in order to set the requirements. …”

3D super-resolution deep-tissue imaging in living mice by Velasco, MGM, Zhang, M, Antonello, J, Yuan, P, Allgeyer, ES, May, D, M'Saad, O, Kidd, P, Barentine, AES, Greco, V, Grutzendler, J, Booth, MJ, Bewersdorf, J

“…Through the combination of two-photon excitation, adaptive optics, red-emitting organic dyes, and a long-working-distance water-immersion objective lens, our system achieves aberration-corrected 3D super-resolution imaging, which we demonstrate 164 µm deep in fixed mouse brain tissue and 76 µm deep in the brain of a living mouse.…”

Simulating the detection and classification of high-redshift supernovae with HARMONI on the ELT by Bounissou, S, Thatte, N, Zieleniewski, S, Houghton, R, Tecza, M, Hook, I, Neichel, B, Fusco, T

“…We present detailed simulations of integral field spectroscopic observations of a supernova in a host galaxy at z ∼ 3, as observed by the HARMONI spectrograph on the Extremely Large Telescope, asssisted by laser tomographic adaptive optics. The goal of the simulations, using the HSIM simulation tool, is to determine whether HARMONI can discern the supernova Type from spectral features in the supernova spectrum. …”

Simultaneous optimisation of confocal and non-confocal images in an AOSLO with a reconfigurable aperture pattern by Pathak, B, Young, L, Smithson, H

“…The conventional adaptive optics scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (AOSLO) arrangement is specifically designed to capture the confocal (directly backscattered) light by placing a physical pinhole conjugate to a chosen layer in the retina. …”

Mid-Infrared Instrumentation for the European Extremely Large Telescope by Kendrew, S, Brandl, B, Lenzen, R, Venema, L, Käufl, H, Finger, G, Glasse, A, Stuik, R

“…Designed for diffraction-limited performance over the entire wavelength range, MIDIR will require an adaptive optics system; a cryogenically cooled system could offer optimal performance in the IR, and this is a critical aspect of the instrument design. …”

Finite element analysis of carbon fibre composite adaptive mirrors by Kendrew, S, Doel, P

“…With the advent of the new generation of ground-based telescopes with primary sizes of 30-100 m, adaptive optics (AO) technology is in rapid development. …”

A new era of spectroscopy: SINFONI, NIR integral field spectroscopy at the diffraction limit of an 8m telescope by Mengel, S, Eisenhauer, F, Tecza, M, Thatte, N, Roehrle, C, Bickert, K, Schreiber, J

“…SINFONI is the combination of two state-of-the art instruments, the integral field spectrometer SPIFFI, built by the Max-Planck-Institut fuer extraterrestrische Physik (MPE), and the adaptive optics (AO) system MACAO, built by the European Southern Observatory (ESO). …”

Laser-written scalable sapphire integrated photonics platform by Wang, M, Salter, PS, Payne, FP, Liu, T, Booth, MJ, Fells, JAJ

“…All the devices were fabricated using adaptive optics-assisted femtosecond laser direct writing with a customized laser writing algorithm. …”

Practical sensorless aberration estimation for 3D microscopy with deep learning by Saha, D, Schmidt, U, Zhang, Q, Barbotin, A, Hu, Q, Ji, N, Booth, M, Weigert, M, Myers, E

“…Estimation of optical aberrations from volumetric intensity images is a key step in sensorless adaptive optics for 3D microscopy. Recent approaches based on deep learning promise accurate results at fast processing speeds. …”

New modal wave-front sensor: application to adaptive confocal fluorescence microscopy and two-photon excitation fluorescence microscopy. by Booth, M, Neil, M, Wilson, T

“…The inclusion of an adaptive optics correction system could help overcome this limitation and restore diffraction-limited performance, but such a system requires a suitable method of wave-front measurement. …”

Galaxies in Southern Bright Star Fields I. Near-infrared imaging by Baker, A, Davies, R, Lehnert, MD, Thatte, N, Vacca, W, Hainaut, O, Jarvis, M, Miley, G, Roettgering, H

“…As a prerequisite for cosmological studies using adaptive optics techniques, we have begun to identify and characterize faint sources in the vicinity of bright stars at high Galactic latitudes. …”

High resolution in three dimensions with SWIFT and PALM3K by Clarke, F, Thatte, N, Tecza, M, O'Brien, K, Houghton, R, Tice, D, Fletcher, L, Irwin, P, Verma, A, Dekany, R, Buruss, R, Roberts, J

“…SWIFT is a visible light (650-1000nm) integral field spectorgaph fed by the Palomar extreme adaptive optics system PALM3K. With a subaperture spacing of 8cm, PALM3K is capable of delivering diffraction limited performance even in the visible. …”

Retinal Vascular Autoregulation during Phase IV of the Valsalva Maneuver: An Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography Study in Healthy Chinese Adults by Yuan Zong, Yuan Zong, Huan Xu, Huan Xu, Jian Yu, Jian Yu, Chunhui Jiang, Chunhui Jiang, Chunhui Jiang, Xiangmei Kong, Xiangmei Kong, Yi He, Yi He, Xinghuai Sun, Xinghuai Sun

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