Aberrations of the Human Eye across the Horizontal Visual Field

Abstract:

Aberrations of the human eyes in the horizontal visual field were measured with modified Hartmann-Shack wave front sensor. The characteristic of third to tenth order Zernike aberration rms both temporally and nasally out to 50° is as follows: considerable differences occur among subjects in the pattern of aberrations, particularly for the dominating second-order aberrations; the third to tenth order Zernike aberrations increase with the visual angle, but the increscent magnitude decreases as the Zernike order increases; in despite of imperfect symmetry, the increscent magnitude is the same on the whole; the third-order Zernike aberrations increases up to 2 times from 0° to ±50° visual angle, the forth-order up to 1.8 times, and the fifth to tenth order up to 1.7~1.3 times.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volumes 364-366)
• Pages: 1207-1210
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.364-366.1207
• Online since: December 2007
• Authors: Wei Quan, Gui Cai Song, Fu Yun Liu, Zhao Qi Wang
• Keywords: Eye's Aberrations, Hartmann-Shack Wave-Front Sensor, Off-Axis Aberrations

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