title: Systematic errors analysis for a large dynamic range aberrometer based on aberration theory.
abstract: In Ref. 1, it was demonstrated that the significant systematic errors of a type of large dynamic range aberrometer are strongly related to the power error (defocus) in the input wavefront. In this paper, a generalized theoretical analysis based on vector aberration theory is presented, and local shift errors of the SH spot pattern as a function of the lenslet position and the local wavefront tilt over the corresponding lenslet are derived. Three special cases, a spherical wavefront, a crossed cylindrical wavefront, and a cylindrical wavefront, are analyzed and the possibly affected Zernike terms in the wavefront reconstruction are investigated. The simulation and experimental results are illustrated to verify the theoretical predictions.
authors.affiliation: College of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85719, USA.
authors.forename: Peng
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Sheng
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: DeHoog
authors.forename: Jim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schwiegerling
mesh_terms: D057128:Aberrometry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D016477:Artifacts; D003198:Computer Simulation; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity