Optical Aberrations

CHROMATIC ABERRATIONS

Transverse chromatic aberration (TCA)

Longitudinal chromatic aberration (LCA)

MONOCHROMATIC ABERRATIONS

$$W = \sum_{l + k +m = 0} ^{\infty} { \bigg[ W_{klm}\cdot H^k \cdot \rho^l \cdot \cos ^m \left( \theta \right) \bigg]}$$

Aberration Name	Wavefront Coefficient	Equation
Tilt	W111	W111Hρcos(θ)
Defocus	W020	W020ρ2
Spherical	W040	W040ρ4
Coma	W131	W131Hρ3cos(θ)
Astigmatism	W222	W222H2ρ2cos2(θ)
Field Curvature	W220	W220H2ρ2
Disortion	W311	W311H3ρcos(θ)

Table 1: Common Third Order Optical Aberrations

Comparison of Optical Aberrations