Other AO Primers

Other AO sites also have descriptions of Adaptive Optics

• Imperial College, London.
• Adaptive Optics Tutorial at CTIO, written by Andrei Tokovinin
• Claire Max's UCSC Astronomy 289C Lectures ,
• Tutorial at University of Arizona, Laird Close's course
• Lectures from the CfAO Summer School, 2004
• CFHT: Olivier Lai's Tutorial
• ESO: What is AO?
• Jennifer Lotz's AO Tutorial
• Bibliography of Astronomical Science Papers with AO
  

Books and articles on Adaptive Optics and related fields.

• "Adaptive Optics for Astronomy",
  Francois Roddier (ed.), Cambridge University Press, 1999
• "Adaptive Optics for Astronomical Telescopes",
  John W. Hardy, Oxford Books, 1998
• "A Field Guide to Adaptive Optics" Robert K. Tyson and Benjamin W. Frazier, SPIE Press
• "Introduction to Adaptive Optics" Robert K. Tyson and Benjamin W. Frazier, SPIE Press
• "Adaptive Optics for Astronomy",
  ed. Danielle M. Alloin & Jean-Marie Mariotti, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 1994
• "Imaging Through Turbulence",
  Michael C. Roggemann & Byron Welsh, CRC Press, 1996
• "Principles of Adaptive Optics",
  Robert K. Tyson, Academic Press, 1997
• "Adaptive Optics for Atmospheric Compensation",
  James E. Pearson (ed.), SPIE Milestone Series, Volume MS 92
  
• Introduction to Wavefront Sensors (Tutorial Texts in Optical Engineering, Vol Tt18,)
  Joseph M. Geary, Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers, 1995
  
• Babcock, H. W. "Adaptive Optics Revisited." Science 249, 253-257, 1990.
  
• Beckers, J. M. "Adaptive Optics for Astronomy: Principles, Performance, and Applications." Ann. Rev. Astron. Astrophys. 31, 13-62, 1993.
  
• Hubin, N. and Noethe, L. "Active Optics, Adaptive Optics, and Laser Guide Stars." Science 262, 1390-1394, 1993.
• Collins, G. P. "Making Stars to See Stars--DOD Adaptive Optics Work is Declassified." Physics Today 45, 17-21, Feb. 1992.

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