Optics of the human eye /
David A. Atchison and George Smith.
- Second edition.
- 1 online resource.
- Multidisciplinary and applied optics .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Section I. Basic Optical Structure of the Human Eye -- 1. The Human Eye: An Overview -- 2. Refracting Components: Cornea and Lens -- 3. The Pupil -- 4. Axes of the Eye -- 5. Paraxial Schematic Eyes -- Section II. Image Formation and Refraction -- 6. Image Formation: The Focused Paraxial Image -- 7. Refractive Anomalies -- 8. Measuring Refractive Errors -- 9. Image Formation: The Defocused Paraxial Image -- 10. Some Optical Effects of Ophthalmic Lenses -- Section III. Light and the Eye -- 11. Light and the Eye: Introduction -- 12. Passage of Light into the Eye -- 13. Light Level at the Retina -- 14. Light Interaction with the Fundus -- Section IV. Aberrations and Retinal Image Quality -- 15. Monochromatic Aberrations -- 16. Monochromatic Aberrations of Optical Model Eyes -- 17. Chromatic Aberrations -- 18. Retinal Image Quality -- Section V Miscellaneous -- Appendices -- Index.
"This book describes the optical structure and optical properties of the human eye. For ease of reference, the most commonly useful topics are at the beginning and topics with narrower appeal are placed towards the end. The book is divided into five sections, covering: basic optical structure of the eye, including the refracting components, the pupil, axes, and simple models of the eye; image formation and refraction of the eye, including refractive errors, measurement, and correction; interactions between light and the eye, considering transmission, reflection, and scatter in the media and at the fundus; and aberrations and retinal image quality, and depth-of-field and age-related changes in the optics of the eye. The book concludes with five appendices; these cover mathematics relating to paraxial optics, aberration theory, image quality criteria and refraction across the pupil, and they provide construction data and optical parameters of several schematic eyes"--