How do you control not just one, but hundreds of high-power laser beams at the same time?
In their new conference proceedings paper, Jonas B. Ohland and colleagues look at exactly this challenge – and at the role adaptive optics can play in future laser-fusion facilities.
Jonas B. Ohland, Leon Dauerer, Nathalie Lebas, et al. “AO for laser fusion: the challenges of controlling hundreds of high-power laser beams”, Proc. SPIE 14150, Adaptive Optics Systems X, 141500W (19 Aug 2026); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3107897
The work was presented at SPIE Adaptive Optics Systems X in Copenhagen in July and is now published in the Proceedings of SPIE, including the recording of the conference presentation.



