Zernike Polynomial Surface Generator
Build single Zernike modes or weighted combinations over the unit pupil. Values outside the pupil are masked. © 2026 AAOO Dr Grant Hannaford
Convention: real-valued Zernike modes on the unit disk. Positive m uses cos(mθ), negative m uses sin(|m|θ). Coefficients are arbitrary surface units.
The surface is calculated as Σ cn,m Zn,m(ρ,θ). Use multiple non-zero sliders to form combinations.