Table 2 Chromatic aberration calculations.

From: Wedge prism approach for simultaneous multichannel microscopy

wedge substrate

channel

λ (nm)

n Sellmeier

θd (deg)

Δ (mm)

lateral shift (μm)

pixels shifted

BK7

green

500

1.5214

0.6430

2.245

12.5

1.9

550

1.5185

0.6394

2.232

red

600

1.5163

0.6367

2.223

9.0

1.4

660

1.5142

0.6341

2.214

fused silica

green

500

1.4899

0.6430

2.245

9.5

1.5

550

1.4878

0.6403

2.235

red

600

1.4862

0.6382

2.228

6.8

1.1

660

1.4847

0.6362

2.221

CaF2

green

500

1.4365

0.6430

2.245

8.5

1.3

550

1.4348

0.6406

2.236

red

600

1.4336

0.6387

2.230

6.0

0.9

660

1.4324

0.6370

2.224

  1. Chromatic aberration for green and red channels for given wedge substrates. We utilized BK7 substrates for this study.
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