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).

• 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

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).

• 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