Issue EAS Publications Series Volume 22, 2006 Astronomy with High Contrast Imaging III: Instrumental Techniques, Modeling and Data Processing Page(s) 121 - 138 DOI 10.1051/eas:2006128 Published online 13 October 2006

Astronomy with High Contrast Imaging III: Instrumental Techniques, Modeling and Data Processing
M. Carbillet, A. Ferrari and C. Aime (eds)
EAS Publications Series, 22 (2006) 121-138
DOI: 10.1051/eas:2006128

Adaptive Optics for High-Contrast Imaging

M. Carbillet

Laboratoire Universitaire d'Astrophysique de Nice, UMR 6525, Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Parc Valrose, 06108 Nice Cedex 2, France;

marcel.carbillet@unice.fr

(Published online 13 October 2006)

Abstract
This paper deals with adaptive optics in the framework of very high-contrast astronomical imaging. Starting from a brief global overview of classical adaptive optics (AO) systems, the specificities and main characteristics of extreme AO (XAO) systems are exposed. Along the way from AO to XAO, some relevant points (relevant with respect to the goals claimed by high-contrast imaging techniques) are emphasized.

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