Optics

Welcome to the Optics Conference Series

Announcements

Course Starts March 15, 2010

The Optics Conference Series will begin on Monday March 15, 2010. Watch this space for future course announcements.

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Course Events

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Optics Quiz/ OKAP review
03/26/2010 - 8:00am - 9:00am
Dr. Amy Nau
9th floor conference room

We will have a brief OKAP review  session. Please bring any of your questions.

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Retinal image size, spectacle magnification, contact lens optics
03/25/2010 - 7:00am - 8:00am
Dr. Amy Nau
9th floor conference room

Problems dealing with size of images on the retina, how things are magnified and minified when looking through glasses as well as a basic introduction to contact lens optics will be reviewed. Please reviewe the lectures and problem sets.

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Low vision optics, instruments
03/24/2010 - 7:00am - 8:00am
Dr. Will Smith
9th floor conference room
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Optics of the eye, Stiles Crawford effect, schematic eyes, Catoptric images, higher order aberrations
03/23/2010 - 7:00am - 8:00am
Dr. Amy Nau
9th floor conference room

Review of concepts of in -eye optics will be discussed today. Please review the lecture slides  and problem set.

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Thick lens systems
03/22/2010 - 7:00am - 8:00am
Dr. Nau
9th floor conference room

To this point, we have discussed only how light interacts wtih thin lenses. In this lecture, thick lens systems will be introduced with direct application to model eye systems. Please review the powerpoint slides and problem set prior to lecture.

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Transposition, lens neutralization, polarization, effective power, lens materials
03/18/2010 - 7:00am - 8:00am
Dr. Nau
9th floor conference room

This lecture will cover a broad scope of topics ranging from effective power at a surface, vertex distance, how to transpose an Rx, how to hand neutralize an Rx.  In addition, please review the lecture about lens materials, we will not likely have time to cover it in class. 

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