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Aberration fields of a combination of plane symmetric systems
Lori B Moore1, Anastacia M Hvisc, Jose Sasian
1College of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona, 1630 E. University Boulevard, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA.
Abstract:
By generalizing the wave aberration function to include plane symmetric systems, we describe the aberration fields for a combination of plane symmetric systems. The combined system aberration coefficients for the fields of spherical aberration, coma, astigmatism, defocus and distortion depend on the individual aberration coefficients and the orientations of the individual plane symmetric component systems. The aberration coefficients can be used to calculate the locations of the field nodes for the different types of aberration, including coma, astigmatism, defocus and distortion. This work provides an alternate view for combining aberrations in optical systems.
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