Wavefront sensing for fast moving platforms

Bandwidth requirements on adaptive optics systems to be deployed with a view to improving the performance of communications and energy delivery to, or from, fast-moving airborne platforms are much higher than for stationary systems used e.g. in astronomy. This means that both the wavefront sensor and the deformable mirror or phaser shifter must operate at significantly higher frame rates that are currently possible with standard devices. In this presentation, focus is placed on novel wavefront sensors which can fulfill these high bandwidth requirements.