Spherical Aberration

 

Spherical Aberration Demo Picture
pherical Aberration Demo Picture 2
pherical Aberration Demo Picture 3

  • A perfect lens focuses all incoming rays to a point on the
    optic axis. A real lens, with a spherical surface, suffers from spherical
    aberration: it focuses rays more tightly if they enter the lens far from the
    optic axis, and less tightly if they enter closer to the axis.
  • Located in Blackboard Optics; L01, section B6