spherical aberration

noun
/ˈsfɪɹ.ɪk.l̩ ˌæb.əˈɹeɪ.ʃn̩/US

Definitions

  1. A type of lens aberration which causes blurriness, particularly away from the centre of…

    A type of lens aberration which causes blurriness, particularly away from the centre of the lens.

    • For p = -1, the values of q giving minimum spherical aberration (q = 0.71) and zero coma (q = 0.8) are approximately equal to each other.
    • If the refractive index is low, the minimum spherical aberration is not greatly affected by the fact that the second lens operates in a converging beam, and the spherical aberration is approximately equal to h⁴K³.
    • Conventional spherical intraocular lenses (IOLs) have positive spherical aberration.

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