Research Article

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

Table 4

The Seidel aberration in terms of Zernike coefficients.

AberrationPolynomialsMagnitudeAngle RMS

Tilt
Focusā€‰
Astigmatism
Coma
Sphericalā€‰

Note: the sign of the magnitude of the focus term is chosen to minimize the magnitude of the coefficient, and astigmatism uses the sign opposite that.