Simulation Experiment on Wavefront Aberration of Human Eye

Aberration is an essential index for determining the image quality of optical instrument,and further wavefront aberration measurement play an important role in estimating the quality of the retinal image and overall visual performance in clinic. The theory related to wavefront aberration is briefly introduced. The contour maps of the wave aberration corresponding to the first 14 Zernike polynomials( up to the fourth order,except the zero order) are presented using Matlab simulation. The results can serve as teaching and provide reference for clinical ophthalmologist.