Adaptive Optics school – provisional programme:

 

Opening:                                                                                   8.30-8.45

 1. Introductory lectures

(i) Basics of AOs and adaptive control – C.Dainty                            8.45 – 9.15

(ii) Basics of wavefront sensing – S.Restaino                                  9.15 – 9.45

(iii) Basics of deformable mirrors – U.Wittrock                                9.45 – 10.15

Coffee Break                                                                          10.15 – 10.45

(iV) Basics of liquid crystals and their use in AOs – G.Love              10.45 – 11.15

(V) Adaptive optics control - C.Paterson                                     11.15 – 11.45

 2. Introductory lectures on applications in medicine and health

(i) Adaptive Optics in Vision –P.Artal                                           11:45 – 12.15

(ii) In vivo imaging with Adaptive Optics -  R.Zawadzki                   12:15 – 12.45

Lunch                                                                                   13.00 – 14.00

3. Introductory lectures on current state-of-the-art AO systems

(i) Adaptive Optics in microscopy – M.Booth                                 14.00 – 14.30

(ii) Multi conjugate Adaptive Optics and 3D wavefront sensing - R.Ragazzoni 14.30 – 15.00

(iii) Adaptive Optics ultrahigh power lasers – A.Kudryashov              15.00 – 15.30 

(iv) Single photon/quantum control with SLMs and AOs – A.Forbes    15.30 – 16.00

Coffee Break                                                                           16.00 – 16.30

The laboratory activities will be organized in collaboration with the sponsors 16.30 -18.00