Adaptive optics (AO) is the primary means of improving the light transmission quality and easing the optical turbulence in communication. In laser intensity/direct demodulation (IM/DD) optical communication system, the function of AO correction for improving the optical communication performance is analyzed, adaptive optics (AO) compensating effects of atmospheric turbulence is studied by simulation and experiment in our adaptive optics system test bed. And 2.5 GB/s optical communication system performance is improved by AO compensating effects. So signal noise rate (SNR) and bit error rate (BER) of laser communication are improved.