Module code: OPT4003-B
To introduce students to the principles of geometric optics; to enable the student to apply those principles to the practice of optometry and the human eye; to describe the characteristics of optical instruments; to explain the limitations of the human eye.
Self-study, Seminars and Tutorials: Positive lenses and images. Negative lenses. Law of refraction. Optics of the Eye, Ametropia. Measuring Ametropia. Optics of Spectacles. Astigmatism. Two or more lenses. Thick lenses. Magnifiers and Telescopes. Accommodation and Presbyopia. Light as a wave. Aberrations and wavefronts. Retinoscopy. Opthalmoscopy. Mirrors. Derivation of the Paraxial Equation.
Practical classes: Image formation by lenses. Refraction. Reflection. Negative Lenses. Astigmatic lenses. Two lenses. Telescopes. Principal planes and nodal points. Accommodation. Thick lenses.