Adaptive Optics and Lucky Imager (AOLI): presentation and first light
In this paper we present the Adaptive Optics Lucky Imager (AOLI), a state-of-the-art instrument which makes use of two well proved techniques for extremely high...
Adaptive optics and MCAO for the 4-m European Solar Telescope EST
A consortium of more than 20 European solar physics institution from 15 different countries is conducting a design study for a 4 m class solar telescope which...
Adaptive Optics at the European Solar Telescope: status and future developments
The European Solar Telescope (EST) is a 4.2-m telescope which has been redesigned with a fully integrated Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics (MCAO) into the...
Adaptive optics for high precision polarimetry: preliminary tests of DM polarization
The European Solar Telescope (EST) will provide spectro-polarimetric measurements of the solar atmosphere with unprecedented sensitivity and accuracy. To this...
Adaptive optics for the Euro50: design and performance
The optical design for the proposed Euro50 extremely large telescope with integrated adaptive optics (AO) is presented. For atmospheric turbulence correction...
It is foreseen that the Gran Telescopio Canarias will include an Adaptive Optics (AO) system to provide diffraction-limited images in the near-IR. The...
Adaptive Optics Observations of Active Galactic Nuclei: Zooming into the Central Parsec Region
First results from the AGN-Heidelberg program aimed at resolving the central pc region of the closest Active Galactic Nuclei in the IR are presented. The core...
Adaptive optics plans for the Gran Telescopio Canarias
The large telescope planned for the Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos will include an adaptive optics (AO) facility, designed to provide diffraction...