Notes:

We don't know for sure yet how well the current generation of LC arrays is likely to perform when correcting the eye's aberrations. However, computer simulations by Don Miller have allowed us to evaluate the expected performance for Don's eye by finding the residual aberration present after the aberrated wavefront has passed through the liquid crystal array. The simulation shown in this slide is for a 6 mm pupil, assuming that ordinary spectacle lenses are used to correct the defocus and astigmatism of the eye so that the liquid crystal lens is only needed to correct the higher order, irregular aberrations of the eye.

Although the liquid crystal lens is able to correct most of the aberrations of Don's eye, there are still residual aberrations present which will limit the quality of the retinal image. Nevertheless, there is certainly an improvement to be gained in the eye's imaging quality, at least for Don's eye, when the higher order aberrations are corrected by the liquid crystal lens.