Research Article

Effect of Surface Error Distribution and Aberration on Electromagnetic Performance of a Reflector Antenna

Table 3

The nine Zernike terms and aberrations.

New termsZernike termsPolynomialsCharacteristic

1Piston
-tilt
-tilt
Defocus
Horizontal astigmatism
Oblique astigmatism
-coma
-coma
Spherical