Coma And Astigmatism Versus Field Angle And F/Number: A Simple Look
Abstract
A simple and concise method of depicting the relative competition of third order coma and astigmatism as a simultaneous function of field angle and f/number is presented, using a mirror and a thin lens as examples.
- Publication:
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Optical Engineering
- Pub Date:
- December 1980
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 1980OptEn..19..918G
- Keywords:
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- Aberration;
- Astigmatism;
- Coma;
- Geometrical Optics;
- Lens Design;
- Angles (Geometry);
- Angular Distribution;
- Focusing;
- Optical Correction Procedure;
- Instrumentation and Photography