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

Refraction at Curved Surfaces, Reflection and Mirrors

03/15/2010 - 7:00am
Nau
9th floor conference room

The way light interacts wtih curved surfaces and reflective surfaces will be discussed. . Please review the powerpoint presentations and problem sets before lecture.

 

 

Here is the website for a concise sin/cos table that can help you with some of the problems http://easycalculation.com/trigonometry/trigonometry-tables.php

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Thin spherical lenses, prisms, astigmatic lenses, Maddox rod
03/16/2010 - 7:00am
Dr. Nau
9th floor conference room

Refraction through thin lenses and discussion of toric surfaces as well as optics of prisms will be discussed. Please reviewe the attached lecture slides and complete the problem sets.

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Fusion, accommodation and binocularlity
03/17/2010 - 7:00am
Dr. Luchansky
9th floor conference room
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Transposition, lens neutralization, polarization, effective power, lens materials
03/18/2010 - 7:00am
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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Thick lens systems
03/22/2010 - 7:00am
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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Optics of the eye, Stiles Crawford effect, schematic eyes, Catoptric images, higher order aberrations
03/23/2010 - 7:00am
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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Refraction of light
03/10/2010 - 7:00am
Nau
9th floor conference room

The ways that light rays pass through media other than air will be discussed. Principles of refraction and relevant formulas will be reviewed. You should be able to calculate amount of light reflected from a surface, amount transmitted, and do problems that deal with how light is reflected through media , calculate incident and emergent angles and locate the apparant positions of objects that are in substances other than air.  Please review the powerpoint presentation and complete the accompanying problem set prior to class.

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Ray tracing
03/09/2010 - 7:00am
Nau
9th floor conference room

Being able to diagram an optics problem is an essential component of undertstanding how to arrive at a solution.  Ray tracing through positive and negative lenses and lens systems will be reviewed. Please bring a pencil and paper with you. There is a problem set that reviews concepts from the first lecture. Please complete this but it will probably not be discussed unless there are questions.

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