Principles of Adaptive Optics

Principles of Adaptive Optics describes the foundations, principles, and applications of adaptive optics (AO) and its enabling technologies. This leading textbook addresses the fundamentals of AO at the core of astronomy, high-energy lasers, biomedical imaging, and optical communications.

Key Features:

  • Numerous examples to explain and support the underlying principles
  • Hundreds of new references to support the topics that are addressed
  • End-of-chapter questions and exercises
  • A complete system design example threaded through each chapter as new material is introduced
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Principles of Adaptive Optics

Principles of Adaptive Optics describes the foundations, principles, and applications of adaptive optics (AO) and its enabling technologies. This leading textbook addresses the fundamentals of AO at the core of astronomy, high-energy lasers, biomedical imaging, and optical communications.

Key Features:

  • Numerous examples to explain and support the underlying principles
  • Hundreds of new references to support the topics that are addressed
  • End-of-chapter questions and exercises
  • A complete system design example threaded through each chapter as new material is introduced
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Principles of Adaptive Optics

Principles of Adaptive Optics

Principles of Adaptive Optics

Principles of Adaptive Optics

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Overview

Principles of Adaptive Optics describes the foundations, principles, and applications of adaptive optics (AO) and its enabling technologies. This leading textbook addresses the fundamentals of AO at the core of astronomy, high-energy lasers, biomedical imaging, and optical communications.

Key Features:

  • Numerous examples to explain and support the underlying principles
  • Hundreds of new references to support the topics that are addressed
  • End-of-chapter questions and exercises
  • A complete system design example threaded through each chapter as new material is introduced

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780367690489
Publisher: CRC Press
Publication date: 09/28/2025
Edition description: 5th ed.
Pages: 356
Product dimensions: 8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Robert K. Tyson is a professor emeritus of physics and optical science at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte) and a fellow of the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE).

Benjamin Frazier is a Senior Sensor Systems Engineer at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL).

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 History and Background Chapter 2 Sources of Aberrations Chapter 3 Adaptive Optics Compensation Chapter 4 Adaptive Optics Applications and Systems Chapter 5 Wavefront Sensing: Optical and Mechanical Aspects Chapter 6 Wavefront Sensing: Detection and Algorithms Chapter 7 Wavefront Correction Chapter 8 Control Theory Chapter 9 Wavefront Reconstruction and Control Chapter 10 Summary of Important Equations 

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