Optical Communication Technology, Volume. 49, Issue 3, 40(2025)

Research progress on the Zernike polynomial description of optical aberrations

ZHU Zhanke1, WU Peijie2, WU Jiali2, KE Chenghu3, and KE Xizheng1,2,4
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of aeronautical engineering, Shaanxi Polytechnic Institute, Xianyang Shaanxi 712000, China
  • 2School of Automation and Information Engineering, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an 710048, China
  • 3School of Information Engineering, Xi'an University, Xi'an 710065, China
  • 4Xianyang Key Laboratory of Intelligent Manufacturing Equipment Technology, Xianyang Shaanxi 712000, China
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    Received: Sep. 18, 2024

    Accepted: Jun. 27, 2025

    Published Online: Jun. 27, 2025

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    DOI:10.13921/j.cnki.issn1002-5561.2025.03.007

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