grenoble france 2006 founder dr. fr d ric rooms headquarters montbonnot france area served worldwide products deformable mirror and adaptive optics systems revenue 1 2 m number of employees 10 20 website www.alpao.com alpao is a company which manufactures a range of adaptive optics products for use in research and industry including deformable mirrors with large strokes wavefront sensors and adaptive optics loops . these products are designed for astronomy vision science microscopy wireless optical communications and laser applications . contents 1 history 2 applications 2.1 vision science 2.2 astronomy 2.3 biological imaging 2.4 laser 3 management 4 see also 5 references history edit alpao developed from groundwork at the universit joseph fourier grenoble and floralis . in 2006 and 2008 alpao received awards for innovative technology from the french ministry of research . other alpao partners include the institut de plan tologie et d astrophysique de grenoble oseo anr r gion rh ne alpes grenoble alpes incubation the reseau entreprendre and business france . 2014 alpao released the dm468 and the dm820 . 2013 alpao released the dm97 08 dedicated to vision science application . 2012 alpao join eveon group . 2009 alpao introduces a new drive electronics increasing the performances of magnetic deformable mirrors . 2008 alpao introduces a new patented technology for deformable mirrors with increased strokes and improved optimal temporal response . 2007 alpao introduces its own wavefront sensor for closed loop operations 2006 alpao introduces a low speed deformable mirror . applications edit alpao s deformable mirrors can be used in the following disciplines for image enhancement vision science edit diagnosing illnesses of the eye may require high resolution images of the retina . images taken using conventional instruments may be too poor in quality due to aberrations introduced by the eye itself . adaptive optics offers a technique for restoring the image quality . 1 2 3 in addition adaptive optics may be used to create a vision simulator . astronomy edit turbulence introduced by the atmosphere degrades images taken using telescopes . using adaptive optics recovers much of the information that is lost . 4 5 as a result it is possible to increase the number of scientific observations . biological imaging edit ao makes possible to shift the depth of focus while maintaining a constant distance between the objective and the observed object to do 3d microscopy through the use of sections . laser edit numerous laser applications benefit from adaptive optics . for example compensating for temporal dispersion in pulsed lasers improving beam quality for soldering or cutting applications . management edit vincent templeare president and ceo julien charton cto and cofounder vincent hardy sales manager see also edit wavefront sensor adaptive optics the era of adaptive optics microelectromechanical systems deformable mirror references edit cfao final report performance of a 97 element alpao membrane magnetic deformable mirror in an adaptive optics optical coherence tomography system for in vivo imaging of the human retina photonics letters of poland 2011 alfredo dubra yusufu sulai jennifer l. norris robert f. cooper adam m. dubis david r. williams and joseph carroll noninvasive imaging of the human rod photoreceptor mosaic using a confocal adaptive optics scanning ophthalmoscope biomed . opt . express 2 1864 1876 2011 overview of deformable mirror technologies for adaptive optics and astronomy eso 2012 n. miura solar adaptive optics system and observations at the hida observatory in imaging systems applications osa technical digest cd optical society of america 2011 paper jwa26 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title alpao & oldid 701943783 categories companies established in 2006optics manufacturing companies navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 27 january 2016 at 14 13 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view