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EDITORIAL INFORMATION

Adaptive optics is a powerful new technique used to sharpen telescope images blurred by the Earth's atmosphere. This authoritative book is the first dedicated to the use of adaptive optics in astronomy. Mainly developed for defence applications, the technique of adaptive optics has only recently been introduced to astronomy. Already it has allowed ground-based telecopes to produce images with sharpness rivaling those from the Hubble Space Telescope. The technique is expected to revolutionize the future of ground-based optical astronomy.

Written by an international team of experts who have pioneered the development of the field, this timely volume provides both a rigorous introduction to the technique and a comprehensive review of current and future systems. It is set to become the standard reference for graduate students, researchers and optical engineers in astronomy and other areas of science where adaptive optics is finding exciting new applications.

(Extracted from the back cover).

GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS

-Contents.

-List of Contributors.

-Part One: Introductory Background.

1. Historical Context.
2. Imaging Through the Atmosphere.

-Part Two: The Design of an Adaptive Optics System.

3. Theoretical Aspects.
4. Wave-front Compensation Devices.
5. Wave-front Sensors.
6. Control Techniques.
7. Performance Estimation and System Modeling.

-Part Three: Adaptive Optics with Natural Guide Stars.

8. The COME-ON/ADONIS Systems.
9. The UH-CFHT Systems.
10. Adaptive Optics in Solar Astronomy.

-Part Four.

11. Overview of Adaptive Optics with Laser Beacons.
12. The Design of Laser Beacon AO Systems.
13. Laser Beacon Adaptive Optics Systems.

-Part Five.

14. Observing with Adaptive Optics.
15.Astronomical Results.
16. Future Expectations.

-Glossary of Acronyms.

-Index.