Skip to main content
Elsevier

Geometric, Physical, and Visual Optics

  • 2nd Edition - November 6, 2001
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Michael P. Keating
  • Language: English

Completely revised and updated, you will benefit from new and rewritten sections on: axial magnification Jackson Cross Cylinder tests retinoscopy reflex motions field of vi… Read more

Purchase options

Info / Buy

Description

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.

    Key features

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

    Readership

    Optometry students in the 1st and 2nd year optics courses; students in related disciplines (including physics and mathematics); and doctoral candidates doing research on lenses.

    Table 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

    • Edition: 2
    • Latest edition
    • Published: November 6, 2001
    • Language: English

    About the author

    MK

    Michael P. Keating

    Affiliations and expertise
    Professor, Michigan College of Optometry, Ferris State University, Big Rapids, MI

    View book on ScienceDirect

    Read Geometric, Physical, and Visual Optics on ScienceDirect