Optics of the Human Eye

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
• Aberrations and retinal image quality
• Depth-of-field and age-related changes in the optics of the eye

There have been many developments in the field of visual optics since the first edition was published in 2000. There have been advances in instrumentation for imagery, biometry, and aberra