Optical computing has emerged as a powerful approach for high-speed and energy-efficient information processing. Diffractive ...

Do​‍​‌‍​‍‌​‍​‌‍​‍‌ the clues for imaging earth-like planets stare at us from the faint glow of the far-off companions?

Astronomers from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa and other institutions have identified a new wide-orbit planet and a stellar companion around two young ultracool dwarfs located in the Taurus ...

The ability to achieve high-resolution optical imaging is essential in a variety of applications including astronomy and microscopy. Light can be perturbed when propagating through optical systems or ...

AO systems enhance image quality by correcting distortions in light caused by atmospheric effects. The process begins with measuring the distorted wavefront of light as it arrives at a telescope or ...

Sophisticated wavefront sensors are critical in high-precision optical metrology across a range of fields, including ophthalmology, astronomy, and semiconductor inspection. These systems depend on ...

RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Gravitational-wave detection technology is poised to make a big leap forward thanks to an instrumentation advance led by physicist Jonathan Richardson of the University of ...

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Wavefront's expeditionary trailer version of its Sentinel IDS, with a sonar head on a tripod to the left, seen at a demonstration in Portland Port, Dorset, UK, in June 2025. (Janes/Tom Barton) UK ...

MagAO is the new adaptive optics system with visible-light and infrared science cameras, located on the 6.5-m Magellan "Clay" telescope at Las Campanas Observatory, Chile. The instrument locks on ...

Why adaptive optics are important in astronomy. How adaptive optics work. What are the important supporting technologies in adaptive optics? Penetrating deep space to unlock the secrets of the ...