Paperback, Elsevier
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
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