spherical aberration
nounUS /ˈsfɪɹ.ɪk.l̩ ˌæb.əˈɹeɪ.ʃn̩/
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Engineering, Natural sciences, Optics, Physical sciences, Physics 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.1991, Virendra N. Mahajan, Aberration Theory Made Simple, page 27:
- 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 h⁴K³.2002, Michael J. Kidger, Fundamental Optical Design, page 151:
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- Conventional spherical intraocular lenses (IOLs) have positive spherical aberration.2005, Mark Packer, I. Howard Fine, Richard S. Hoffman, “9: Wavefront Technology of Spherical Aberration”, in I. Howard Fine, Mark Packer, Richard Hoffman, editors, Refractive Lens Surgery, volume 1, page 81:
- Related terms
- spherical mirror