OPT 5522 Visual and Applied Optics
Four hours of lecture and two hours of lab per week. The optics of the human eye will be studied in detail as it relates to human visual function. The eye as a refracting device will be investigated along with the clinical application of lenses to remediate refractive error. The application of prism and ocular deviation will be addressed along with the axes and angles of the eye. A general overview of photometry and physical optics including interference, diffraction, polarization, thin film optics, and lasers. Entopic phenomena and the Stiles-Crawford effect. Magnification and retinal image size with clinical applications of accommodation, presbyopia, aphakia, aniseikonia and pseudophakia. The clinical role of the pupil in depth of field, aberrations, and accommodation. Introduction to contact lenses in the treatment of ametropias. Introduction to Low Vision Optics including telescopes, simple and compound microscopes. Contemporary optics will be introduced to include description and quantification of higher-order aberrations, and the impact of remediation of higher order aberrations on visual function.
Offered
Spring