Geometric, Physical, and Visual Optics

* Fundamental text for an optometric curriculum, a student studying for the optometry boards, or a person interested in optics and vision * Uses the vergence-dioptric power-wavefront approach from the beginning * Emphasizes conceptual understanding and development of intuition

List of contents

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

Product details

• Authors: Michael P. Keating, Michael P. (Professor Keating, Keating Michael P.
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.01.2002
• EAN: 9780750672627
• ISBN: 978-0-7506-7262-7
• Dimensions: 216 mm x 276 mm x 35 mm
• Weight: 1520 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Electricity, magnetism, optics; MEDICAL / Ophthalmology, SCIENCE / Physics / Optics & Light, Ophthalmology, MEDICAL / Optometry, Optical physics, Optometry / opticians