UNSW Handbook Course - Optics 1

Optics 1 - VISN1231


	Faculty: Faculty of Science
	School: School of Optometry and Vision Science
	Contact: Avudainayagam,Chitralekha
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 6
	EFTSL: 0.125 (more info)
	Contact Hours per Week: 6
	Enrolment Requirements:
	Prerequisite:PHYS1121,MATH1131
	Session Offered: See Class Timetable
	Fee Band: 2 (more info)

Description

Objectives: An understanding of physical and geometrical optics for undergraduate students in Optometry and Vision Science.

Brief Curriculum: Physical optics: the wave nature of light, superposition of waves, interference, diffraction, polarisation; Geometrical optics: rectilinear propogation of light, refraction and reflection at plane and spherical surfaces, prisms, thin lenses, thick lenses, optical systems with multiple surfaces, schematic eyes, simple magnifiers, compound magnifiers, stops, pupils and windows; Introduction to ametropia.

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