title: Aberrations of anamorphic optical systems. II. Primary aberration theory for cylindrical anamorphic systems.
abstract: By applying a new method for aberration derivation to anamorphic systems made from cylindrical surfaces, we obtain a complete set of primary aberration coefficients. This set is in a form similar to the well-known Seidel aberrations for rotationally symmetrical optical systems (RSOS). The aberration coefficients include first-order quantities only. By tracing four nonskew paraxial marginal and chief rays in the two associated RSOS of the anamorphic system, the aberration coefficients can be derived.
authors.affiliation: College of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA. syuan@optics.arizona.edu
authors.forename: Sheng
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Jose
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sasian