Plots of Zernike Polynomials
Plots of Zernike Polynomials
This Demonstration shows a 2D contour plot and a choice of 3D plots: a revolution plot, a shadow plot, stereo pairs of the revolution plots, or and profiles for various orthonormal Zernike circle polynomials (ρ,θ). In the 3D plots, you can choose different color functions to show the height distribution of the functions. Zernike polynomials are commonly used to describe wavefront aberrations in optical systems.
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