Optics

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1 Optics

Properties of Light

Light behaves both as waves and as particles (photons)

Its speed (velocity) (v) is directly proportional to wavelength (λ) and frequency (ν): v = λν

Its energy is directly proportional to frequency and inversely proportional to wavelength: E =  = h(c/λ)

Prisms

Prisms displace and deviate light (because their surfaces are nonparallel); light rays are deviated toward the base; image is displaced toward the apex (Figure 1-3)

Vergence

The amount of spreading of a bundle of light rays (wavefront) emerging from a point source

Direction of light travel must be specified (by convention, left to right)

Lenses

Aberrations

Lenses behave ideally only near optical axis; peripheral to this paraxial region, aberrations occur

Magnification

Mirrors

Eye as Optical System

Vision Measurements

Refractive Error

Secondary focal point (F′) of eye is not located on retina (accommodation must be completely relaxed) (Figure 1-15):

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Figure 1-15 Emmetropia, myopia, and hyperopia. In emmetropia, the far point is at infinity and the secondary focal point (F2) is at the retina. In myopia, the far point is the front of the eye, and the secondary focal point (F2) is in the vitreous. In hyperopia, the secondary focal point (F2) is located behind the eye.

(Modified with permission from Azar DT, Strauss L: Principles of applied clinical optics. In: Albert DM, Jakobiec FA (eds) Principles and Practice of Ophthalmology, vol 6, 2nd edn. Philadelphia, WB Saunders, 2000.)

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Accommodation

Eye gains plus power when crystalline lens becomes more convex

Accommodation response can be described as:

Color Vision

Prescribing Glasses

Use cycloplegia in children and hyperopes to uncover full refractive error

Infants average 2 D of hyperopia; myopic shift between ages 8 and 13; most adults are emmetropic

Children (Table 1-3)

give full cycloplegic refraction

Table 1-3 Guidelines for prescribing glasses for children

Hyperopia: ≥+5 D
Anisometropia ≥1.5 D
Myopia:  
Up to age 1 ≥−5 D
Ages 1–6 ≥−3 D
Age >6 ≥−1 D
Anisometropia ≥3 D
Astigmatism:  
Up to age 1 ≥3 D
Ages 1–6 ≥2 D
Age >6 ≥1 D
Anisometropia ≥1.5 D

Contact Lenses (Cl)

Ophthalmic Instruments

Equations

Review Questions (Answers start on page 355)

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