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Calculation of the wave aberration of an axial bundle of rays
Abstract:
A differential equation is derived for the calculation of the wave aberration of an axial bundle of rays affected by spherical aberration. The solution of the derived equation is analyzed, and the influence of the radius of the reference sphere on the value of the wave aberration is presented. The approximate formula for wave aberration is obtained, which allows the splitting of the wave aberration into a part relative to an infinitely distant reference sphere and a part showing the dependence of the wave aberration on the radius of the reference sphere. Furthermore, the case of third-order and fifth-order spherical aberration is investigated, and the formulas for the calculation of the Strehl definition for the case of small aberrations are derived. The accuracy of the approximated formulas for the wave aberration is analyzed in an example.
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