UNSW Handbook Course - New Concepts in Optics

New Concepts in Optics - VISN3131


	Faculty: Faculty of Science
	School: School of Optometry and Vision Science
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 6
	EFTSL: 0.125 (more info)
	Contact Hours per Week: 6
	Enrolment Requirements:
	Prerequisite: VISN2131
	Session Offered: See Class Timetable
	Fee Band: (more info)

Description

Objectives: A study of visual optical instruments and an understanding of the new developments in visual optics.

Brief curriculum: Working principles and optics of the direct and indirect opthalmoscopes, retinoscope, stereoscope, refraction systems, keratometer, slit lamp bio-microscope, radiuscope, pachometer, tonometer and goniometer. Lasers and their applications in visual optics: refractive surgery, scanning laser opthalmoscope, introduction to holography, diffractive optical elements, wavefront sensing and adaptive optics for the human eye, introduction to the use of software in lens design.

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