Exact Relation between Wave Aberration and Ray Aberration
- 1 April 1964
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Optica Acta: International Journal of Optics
- Vol. 11 (2) , 85-88
- https://doi.org/10.1080/713817854
Abstract
The wave aberration function W(x y) expresses the deformation of the wave-front with respect to a sphere of radius R. It is shown that the wave aberration and the components X Y of the ray aberration are related by the exact equations W/ x = m X/(R m W), W/ y = m Y/(R m W).Keywords
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