The Eye and Visual Optical Instruments

Comprehensive textbook on the design and visual ergonomics of optical instruments.

There is a wide variety of optical instruments where the human eye forms an integral part of the overall system. This comprehensive textbook provides a description of the visual ergonomics of such instruments. It will be invaluable to students of optometry, optical engineering, and visual science, and to professionals in these fields.There is a wide variety of optical instruments where the human eye forms an integral part of the overall system. This book provides a detailed description of the visual ergonomics of such instruments. The book begins with a section on image formation and basic optical components. The various optical instruments that can be adequately described using geometrical optics are then discussed, followed by a section on diffraction and interference, and the instruments based on these effects. There are separate sections devoted to ophthalmic instruments and aberration theory, with a final section covering visual ergonomics in depth. Containing many problems and solutions, this book will be of great use to undergraduate and graduate students of optometry, optical design, optical engineering, and visual science, and to professionals working in these and related fields.