Tunable optical components are nowadays present in many optical instruments. Zoom and focusing lenses are the easiest examples. More complex deformable optics are of crucial importance for improving the performances of telescopes, microscopes and lasers.

This course will provide and introduction to all the aspects of adaptive optics technologies: available wavefront modulators (deformable mirrors and deformable lenses), wavefront sensors and control systems.

This course will be a unique opportunity for an experimental training with the most recent technologies. The course will focus also on the techniques used in different applications: microscopy, atmospheric turbulence correction, optical communication and wavefront metrology.