Abstract

It is shown how the results of a previous paper [ J. Opt. Soc. Am. 52, 20 ( 1962)] may be used to deduce computing formulas for the aberration produced by refraction at either a spherical or aspheric surface. The secondary and higher-order aberrations are seen to fall into two parts, one independent of, and the other dependent on, the aberrations of prior surfaces. The method is illustrated by deriving the computing formulas for the primary and secondary aberrations. The computing formulas are applied to a triplet, and the results are compared with the values of the ray aberration found by ray tracing.

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Monochromatic Aberrations of Symmetrical Optical Systems. I. Expansion of the Aberration Function

E. F. Denby
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 52(1) 20-24 (1962)

Contributions to the Optics of Mirror Systems and Gratings with Oblique Incidence. II. A Discussion of Aberrations*

Gottfried R. Rosendahl
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 52(4) 408-411 (1962)

Computation of the Transfer Function of an Optical System from the Design Data for Rotationally Symmetric Aberrations. Part II. Programming and Numerical Results

Richard Barakat and Marie V. Morello
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 52(9) 992-997 (1962)

Computation of the Transfer Function of an Optical System from the Design Data for Rotationally Symmetric Aberrations. Part I. Theory

Richard Barakat
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 52(9) 985-991 (1962)

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H. A. Buchdahl
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