ʻO ka lens cylindrical aspheric he semi-cylindrical maʻamau. Ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka lens, hoʻohui a hoʻokaʻawale paha ka lens cylindrical i ka mālamalama i hele mai ma ka laina focal ma kahi o ke kiko focal, kahi i hoʻohana nui ʻia ma nā ʻoihana a me nā kahua he nui e like me nā mea hana optical, nā lako kiʻi, ke kamaʻilio optical, ke kiʻi lapaʻau, ka hana laser a pēlā aku. Hoʻohui ia i nā pono o ka lens aspherical a me ka lens cylindrical, a hāʻawi i kahi mea hana ikaika no nā mea hoʻolālā optical e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka hana o ka ʻōnaehana optical, e hōʻemi i ka aberration a hoʻomaikaʻi i ka maikaʻi o ke kiʻi. Pili kāna hana optical i nā mea. Hoʻohana nui ʻia ka lens cylindrical aspherical aniani i nā ʻōnaehana optical a me nā lako lapaʻau ma muli o kāna hana optical maikaʻi loa a me ka lōʻihi.
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