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Optometry and Vision Science Research Guide: Adaptive optics

Research resources and information for vision science.

 

Adaptive optics is a technology designed to correct distortions in optical systems in real time, often using deformable mirrors or other devices. It is especially crucial in fields where image clarity is affected by dynamic disturbances, such as atmospheric turbulence.

Quick reference

MEMS (micro-electro mechanical systems) and DMs (deformable mirrors)

Dissertations

Kamel A, Yavuz M, Abdel-Rahman E. Resonant Adaptive Mirrors. University of Waterloo; 2020.

Ommani A, Lakshminarayanan V, Hutchings N. Assessment of Ocular Aberrations at Scaled Pupil Size and Reduced Shack-Hartmann Spot Number. University of Waterloo; 2019.
  

Articles

Cheng H, Ciuffreda KJ, Jiang H, et al. Cone parameters in different vision levels from the adaptive optics imaging. Medicine (Baltimore). 2021;100(16):e25618-e25618. doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000025618

Christou JC, Girkin J, Kulcsár C, Young LK. Feature issue introduction: Applications of adaptive optics. Optics express. 2021;29(8):11533-11537. doi:10.1364/OE.418282

Dagel D., Cowan W., Spahn O., et al. Large-stroke MEMS deformable mirrors for adaptive optics. Journal of microelectromechanical systems. 2006;15(3):572-583. doi:10.1109/JMEMS.2006.876794  

Doble N, Williams D. The application of MEMS technology for adaptive optics in vision science. IEEE journal of selected topics in quantum electronics. 2004;10(3):629-635. doi:10.1109/JSTQE.2004.829202

King BJ, Sapoznik KA, Elsner AE, et al. SD-OCT and Adaptive Optics Imaging of Outer Retinal Tubulation. Optometry and vision science. 2017;94(3):411-422. doi:10.1097/OPX.0000000000001031

Marcos S, Werner JS, Burns SA, et al. Vision science and adaptive optics, the state of the field. Vision research (Oxford). 2017;132:3-33. doi:10.1016/j.visres.2017.01.006.

Torti C, Považay B, Hofer B, et al. Adaptive optics optical coherence tomography at 120,000 depth scans/s for non-invasive cellular phenotyping of the living human retina. Optics express. 2009;17(22):19382-19400. doi:10.1364/OE.17.019382

Zawadzki RJ, Choi SS, Fuller AR, Evans JW, Hamann B, Werner JS. Cellular resolution volumetric in vivo retinal imaging with adaptive optics-optical coherence tomography. Optics express. 2009;17(5):4084-4094. doi:10.1364/OE.17.004084