OPTO90027 - Optics (sem1) - Complete Comprehensive Notes (H1)

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I easily got a H1 in this subject and with my notes you can too! My notes are easy to understand (with dot points and bolded sections that highlight important information). Covers all weeks (weeks 1-12) Topics covered: - Evolution and the history of understanding the eye as an optical instrument - Nature of light - What is it? - How light is produced + measured - Bending and reflecting light - Interaction of light and matter - scattering and polarization - Principles of image formation and ray tracing - Principles of paraxial optics - How lenses work - Apertures stops and pupils - Telescopes - Magnifiers, microscopes and slit-lamps - Field of view - Thin lens design - one and two lenses - Thick-lens and multi-lens designs - Sphero-cylindrical Lenses - The optical principles of retinoscopy - Vertometry and keratometry - Field of view - Spectacles - Ergonomics of optical design - Aberrations - Aspheric surfaces and aberrations - "Best-form" spectacle lenses - Ophthalmic prisms - Spectacle magnification and lens effectivity - Optics of direct and indirect ophthalmoscopes