A device for generating
control data for controlling a
laser device (L) for the
surgical correction of
refractive error in the eye (3) of a patient (4) is described, wherein the
control data are designed to control a
laser device (L) which separates corneal tissue by shining
laser radiation (2) into the
cornea (5) of the eye (3), the device (12) generates the
control data such that, when operating according to the control data, the laser device (L) emits the laser
radiation (2) in such a way that a volume (18) is isolated in the
cornea (5), the removal of which from the
cornea (5) effects the desired correction of
refractive error, and the device (12) calculates a
radius of curvature Rcv* for determining the control data, which the cornea (5) has after the reduction by the volume (18), wherein the
radius of curvature Rcv* is location-dependent and satisfies the following equation: RCV*rϕ=1 / 1 / RCVrϕ+BCORrϕ / nc−1+F, where Rcv(r,ϕ) the local
radius of curvature of the cornea (5) before removal of the volume (18), nc the
refractive index of the corneal material (5), F is a factor, and BCOR(r,ϕ) is the local change in refractive power required for the desired
refractive error correction in a plane located at the vertex of the cornea (5), where there are at least two radii r1 and r2 for which BCOR(r=r1 ,ϕ) ≠ BCOR(r=r2,ϕ).