| Website | aoptix.com |
| Category | BioTech |
| Employees | |
| Founded | 2000 |
| Description | Adaptive Optics Technology |
| Total | $27.9M |
| Series C, 5/07 DAG Ventures Lehman Brothers 3i Group Clearstone Venture Partners | $15M |
| Series D, 3/09 Northgate Capital Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Clearstone Venture Partners DAG Ventures W Capital Partners Lehman Brothers | $12.9M |
Based on astronomical imaging, AOptix has pioneered innovative uses for 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.
