New Frontiers in Exoplanet Detection: High Contrast Imaging with Subaru

I hereby declare that I am the sole author of this thesis. I authorize Princeton University to lend this thesis to other institutions or individuals for the purpose of scholarly research. Courtney Danielle Dressing I further authorize Princeton University to reproduce this thesis by photocopying or by other means, in total or in part, at the request of other institutions or individuals for the purpose of scholarly research. Courtney Danielle Dressing The Subaru Strategic Exploration of Exoplanets and Disks (SEEDS) collaboration is conducting high-contrast observations of exoplanets and disks using the 188 actu-ator AO system (AO188), classical Lyot coronagraph, and near infrared differential imaging science camera (HiCIAO) on the Subaru Telescope. This work supports the SEEDS project by conducting an analysis of the importance of field rotation for obser-vations acquired in angular differential mode (ADI). ADI suppresses optical speckl