Patent ID: 8390722

Claim:
An adaptive optics apparatus for transmitting segments of an object scene, comprising: a first wave front control means, an imaging objective, a first relay optic, a second wave front control means, a second relay optic, and an optical sensor; the first wave front control means being for successively steering wave fronts emanating, respectively, from each segment onto the imaging objective; the imaging objective being for successively transmitting and focusing incident wave fronts emanating, respectively, from each segment onto the first relay optic; the first relay optic being for successively transmitting and focusing incident wave fronts emanating, respectively, from each segment, onto the second wave front control means; the second wave front control means being for successively steering and focusing incident wave fronts emanating, respectively, from each segment onto the second relay optic, and for correcting aberrations in incident wave fronts; and the second relay optic being for focusing incident wave fronts emanating, respectively, from each segment onto the optical sensor.