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Geometric, Physical, and Visual Optics

Michael P. Keating (Author)

9780750672627

Hardback, published 6 January 2002

632 pages
27.6 x 21.5 x 3.9 cm, 1.52 kg

Completely revised and updated, you will benefit from new and rewritten sections on: axial magnification

  • Jackson Cross Cylinder tests
  • retinoscopy reflex motions
  • field of view
  • the optics of indirect ophthalmoscopy
  • optical aberrations
  • diffractive lenses
  • the Doppler shift
  • lasers and the similarities and differences of Gaussian laser beams versus the propagation of light from a point source
  • plus, a new appendix on angles and basic trigonometry.
    • Although not a matrix optics text, matrices are used extensively in the chapters on spherical systems and off-axis aspects of astigmatism. In particular, the matrix treatment of astigmatism serves as a foundation for the recently developed, much improved statistical techniques that deal with refractive corrections and astigmatism in all its aspects.

    * Emphasizes conceptual understanding and development of optical intuition * Uses the vergence-dioptric power-wavefront approach * Helpful review for optometry boards and qualifying examinations

    Optics, Light, and Vision
    The Geometric Behavior Of Light
    Optical Objects and Images
    Thin Lenses and Ray Diagrams
    Thin Lens Equations
    Thin Lens Eye Models
    Single Spherical Refracting Interfaces
    Plane Refracting Interfaces and Reduced Systems
    Lenses Revisited
    Astigmatism: On Axis
    Prisms
    Prism Properties Of Lenses
    Prism and Dioptric Power In Off-Axis Meridians
    Reflection
    The Gauss System
    System Matrices
    Angular Magnification
    Spectacle Magnification and Relative Spectacle Magnification
    Stops and Related Effects
    Aberrations
    Waves and Superposition
    Diffraction
    Scattering, Absorption, Dispersion, and Polarization
    Emission, Absorption, Photons, and Lasers
    Spatial Distribution Of Optical Information
    Appendix A: Trigonometry Review
    Appendix B: Basic Matrix Algebra

    Subject Areas: Medicine [M]
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