OPT 7531 Optics 2: Applications of Optical Principles 2.5 Credits
This course, which is the second part of a four-term sequence, continues the study of geometric and ophthalmic optics. The course reviews refractive surfaces leading into a discussion of thick lenses. Students learn about surface power, vertex power, and equivalent power, and examine the behavior of light through thick lenses within the context of spectacle magnification and relative spectacle magnification. The course includes a study of prism and the optics of multifocal lens options including bifocal, trifocal and progressive lenses. Students will be introduced to lens fabrication, digital surfacing, tints, polarization and lens coatings. In the laboratory setting, students learn to measure, verify, and dispense bifocal, trifocal, and multifocal lenses.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit