Geometric, Physical, and Visual Optics

Book info: Geometric, Physical, and Visual Optics (Hardcover, 632 pages) – Butterworth-Heinemann, 2001. 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 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.* Emphasizes conceptual understanding and development of optical intuition * Uses the vergence-dioptric power-wavefront approach * Helpful review for optometry boards and qualifying examinations About the Author Michael P. Keating, PhD, is Professor, Michigan College of Optometry, Ferris State University, Big Rapids