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  1. Aspheric lens - Wikipedia

    • An aspheric lens or asphere (often labeled ASPH on eye pieces) is a lens whose surface profiles are not portions of a sphere or cylinder. In photography, a lens assembly that includes an aspheric element is often called an aspherical lens. The asphere's more complex surface profile can reduce or eliminate spherical aberration and also reduce other optica… See more

    Surface profile

    While in principle aspheric surfaces can take a wide variety of forms, aspheric lenses are often designed with surfaces of the form
    where the optic axis is presumed to lie in the z direction, … See more

    Manufacture

    Small glass or plastic aspheric lenses can be made by molding, which allows cheap mass production. Due to their low cost and good performance, molded aspheres are commonly used in inexpensive consumer cameras, … See more

     
  1. One common mathematical representation of aspheric lenses is the conic section, which is defined by the equation: z = Ax^2 + Bxy + Cy^2 + Dx + Ey + F where x, y, and z are the coordinates of a point on the lens surface and A, B, C, D, E, and F are the coefficients that determine the shape of the surface.
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    Aspheric lenses have been traditionally defined with the surface profile (sag) given by Equation 1: (1)Z(s) = Cs2 1+√1− (1+k)C2s2 +A4s4+A6s6+A8s8+... Z (s) = C s 2 1 + 1 − (1 + k) C 2 s 2 + A 4 s 4 + A 6 s 6 + A 8 s 8 +...
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    Traditionally, the exact shape of aspheric surfaces is described with the sag equation: z (h) = C h 2 1 + 1 − (1 + K) C 2 h 2 + K 4 h 4 + K 6 h 6 + K 8 h 8 +... Here, z is the profile height as a function of the radial coordinate h (distance from the optical axis).
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    The curved surface of best form aspheres begins with a base conic constant of -1. The conic constant is found using the equation k=−1×n2 k = − 1 × n 2 where " n n " is the refractive index of the glass or other material used for the lens.
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    Feb 5, 2023 · The mathematical description of aspheric lenses is based on a surface profile equation that defines the shape of the lens surface. This equation can be represented as a conic section or an aspheric polynomial, …

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  5. Spheric, Aspheric and Freeform lenses - quickguide.org

    May 17, 2022 · Thus if you see that a lens is described by the above equation, you will know that it is a standard aspheric lens (conic constant as defined by company) with local radius of curvature changes from convex to concavity …

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