The Center for Freeform Optics
An Industry/University Cooperative Research Center

How Freeform Optics Induced Optical Aberrations Matter

Jannick P. Rolland and Aaron Bauer

in Frontiers in Optics 2017

Aberration theory and optical design walk hand-in-hand, whether it is human or computer driven. We shall take a peek at the aberrations of freeform optics and their impact on design strategies – is the past obsolete?