Field Guide to Adaptive Optics, 2nd Ed (SPIE Field Guide Vol. FG24)

This SPIE Field Guide provides a summary of the methods for determining the requirements of an adaptive optics system, the performance of the system, and the requirements for the components of the system. Many of the expressions are in the form of integrals, in which case the authors show the results graphically for a variety of practical values. This second edition has a greatly expanded presentation of adaptive optics control system design and operation. Discussions of control models are accompanied by various recommendations for implementing the algorithms in hardware.

Table of Contents
Introduction
Modeling the Effect of Atmospheric
Turbulence
Beam Propagation
Wavefront Sensors
Deformable Mirrors
Control and Reconstruction