Main description:

Both a handy tool for professionals and a comprehensive textbook for students, Introduction to Optics imparts basic knowledge and traditional applications of vision sciences. The book focuses on optometry, ophthalmology, and biomedical engineering. With detailed problem sets, key equations, and mathematical derivations, this book takes a holistic, thorough approach to teaching vision sciences and leaves students with a firm grasp of biomedical optics.

Contents:

1. Theories of Light


2. Electromagnetic Waves


3. Radiometry and Photometry


4. Fermat′s Principle and Applications


5. Light Rays in GRIN Media


6. Refraction


7. Thin Lens Optics


8. Thick Lens Optics


9. Ray Tracing Methods


10. Image Magnification


11. Cylindrical Lenses and Astigmatism


12. Prisms


13. Mirrors


14. Pupils and Stops


15. Optical Instruments


16. Abberations


17. Abberometry and High Order Abberations


18. Schematic Eye Models


19. Introduction to Wave Optics


20. Interference


21. Thin Films and Applications


22. Diffraction I


23. Diffraction II


24. Diffraction III


25. Fourier Optics


26. Polarization


27. Light Scattering


28. Fiber Optics


29. Quanta


30. Lasers


31. Entoptic Phenomenon


32. Other Examples in Biomedical Optics