We use techniques of Bannai and Sloane to give a new proof that there is a unique (22, 891, 1/4) spherical code; this result is implicit in a recent paper by Cuypers. We also correct a minor error in the uniqueness proof given by Bannai and Sloane for the (23, 4600, 1/3) spherical code.

Spherical cameras are variable-resolution imaging systems and promising devices for autonomous navigation purposes, mainly because of their wide viewing angle which increases the capabilities of vision-based obstacle avoidance schemes. In addition, spherical lenses resemble the primate eye in their projective models and are biologically relevant. However, the calibration of spherical lenses for...

Higher order optical aberrations were measured in 273 cyclopleged Singaporean school children using a Bausch and Lomb Zywave aberrometer, with 268 of these subjects also undergoing corneal topography measurements (Tomey TMS 2 system). Subjects with low myopia (> -3.00 to -0.50 D) showed slightly, but significantly, less positive levels of spherical aberration than other refractive error groups....

PURPOSE To conduct a clinical validation of a virtual reality-based experimental system that is able to assess the spherical subjective refraction simplifying the methodology of ocular refraction. METHODS For the agreement assessment, spherical refraction measurements were obtained from 104 eyes of 52 subjects using three different methods: subjectively with the experimental prototype (Subj.E...

Numerous vibrational modes of spherical submicrometer particles in fabricated soft opals are experimentally detected by Brillouin light scattering and theoretically identified by their spherical harmonics by means of single-phonon scattering-cross-section calculations. The particle size polydispersity is reflected in the line shape of the low-frequency modes, whereas lattice vibrations are prob...