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EAS Publications Series
Volume 22, 2006
Astronomy with High Contrast Imaging III: Instrumental Techniques, Modeling and Data Processing
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| Page(s) | 121 - 138 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/eas:2006128 | |
| Published online | 13 October 2006 | |
Astronomy with High Contrast Imaging III
M. Carbillet, A. Ferrari and C. Aime (eds)
EAS Publications Series, 22 (2006) 121-138
M. Carbillet, A. Ferrari and C. Aime (eds)
EAS Publications Series, 22 (2006) 121-138
Adaptive Optics for High-Contrast Imaging
Laboratoire Universitaire d'Astrophysique de Nice, UMR 6525, Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Parc Valrose, 06108 Nice Cedex 2, France
Corresponding author: marcel.carbillet@unice.fr
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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