AOptix Technologies is the leader in applying innovative optical solutions to solve challenging problems in communications and advanced biometrics.
With our roots in astronomical imaging, AOptix has pioneered innovative uses for proven Adaptive Optics technology to set new standards in a variety of industries from commercial and defense communications, to advanced iris-recognition biometrics.
The basic principle of Adaptive Optics is the real-time correction of distortions from atmospheric disturbances or object motion. A deformable, or adaptive, mirror in the optical path changes shape at very high speeds to compensate for any optical aberrations.
Integrating targeting, tracking, data transmission and imaging capabilities with unique, advanced Curvature Adaptive Optics, AOptix creates communications solutions that adjust for atmospheric distortions such as heat layer boundaries, turbulence and transceiver motion.
For advanced iris-recognition biometrics, Adaptive Optics compensates for subject motion to retain the spatial resolution needed to capture remarkably high-quality iris images.
A Proven History of Technology Success
A group of scientists from the University of Hawaii’s Center for Adaptive Optics founded AOptix in 2000. These experts in Adaptive Optics were leaders in the revolution of ground-based, deep space imaging.
Before the invention of Adaptive Optics in the 1990s, astronomical telescopes were limited in spatial resolution by the significant distortion effects of the thermal boundary layers in the atmosphere. Placement atop mountains such as Mauna Kea and Haleakala in Hawaii provided some relief, but these telescopes still performed well below their diffraction limits. The application of Adaptive Optics improved spatial resolution in deep space imaging by up to 20 times.
In forming AOptix, this team of scientific innovators sought to find new uses and applications for the remarkable Adaptive Optics technology.
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