Spherical Aberration (Noun)
Meaning
An optical aberration resulting in a distorted image.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural phenomena.
Examples
- Spherical aberration occurs when light rays entering the edge of a lens are not focused as tightly as those rays entering near the center.
- This telescope suffers from spherical aberration due to the manufacturing defect of the lens.
- In a poorly designed optical system, spherical aberration can severely impact the image quality by producing blurry and distorted images.
- Spherical aberration correction in microscopes often involves the use of a combination of lenses or an aspherical lens to counteract this aberration.
- Due to the high power of the objective lens, the effect of spherical aberration must be minimized in high-quality optical microscopes.