Chromatic Aberrations In The Human Eye Flashcards
What are the types of monochromatic aberrations
Defocus Astigmatism Coma Trefoil Spherical aberration
What are the chromatic aberrations
Longitudinal (LCA)
Transverse (TCA)
What are the two things we care about in LCA
- Chromatic difference of power (focus, defocus, blur..)
- chromatic difference of refraction
What two things do we care about in transverse chromatic aberration (TCA)
- Chromatic difference of position
- chromatic difference of magnification
What is said about the stimulus if red is focused on the retina
It is low stimulus, object far away
What is said of the stimulus of the blue is in focus
Object is close, high stimulus
-may cue accommodation
Significance of chromatic defocus (LCA) depends on what
Luminance
What does the autorefractor measure people
Hyperopic
What is the LCA average (distance from red to blue)
2.1D
At what wavelength do people become hyperopic
580nm
What happens to the refractive error with higher wavelengths
Increases
What do short wavelengths make people
Myopic
What do long wavelengths do to people
Make them hyperopic
The chromatic difference of focus (CDF) reduces retinal image contrast by _____ of defocus
- 2D
- relatively minor
What is the amount of defocus in the chromatic difference of defocus equivalent to
The amount of defocus is equivalent to the depth of field of the human eye
What does the chromatic difference of focus do for vision
Reduces contrast moderately
Effect of chromatic defocus on VA
- Minor effect on the VA
- any attempt to correct would only provide marginal benefit and surface new problems
The chromatic difference of magnification for two wavelengths of light has what kind of relationship with the axial distance (z) from the pupil to nodal point
Proportional
What is the equation for the chromatic difference of magnification
Change in mag=z(2D)
What is the change in mag usually
0.8%
Considered insignificant
What does the magnitude of the effect depend on
Axial distance Z
When can magnification be 0
Only if the pupil and nodal point are at the same place
0 axial length
What is the axial length we look at for magnification
Pupil to nodal point
When is magnification significant
Looking through optical instrument. Depth perception (3D glasses)
CDM (chromatic difference in mag) and depth perception
Red and blue have different focuse and magnification.
-if one eye view through short wavelength light, the visual system may interpret the different sized retinal images as a difference in relative depth resulting in a distorted perception of 3D world
The chromatic difference of position is directly proportional to
- stimulus eccentricity (certain field angle)
- lateral displacement (foveal vision)
How much is the pupil decentered
0.5mm nasally
CDP (chromatic difference of postion) for stimulus eccentricity
For object points off the achromatic axis, the amount of TCA as a function of axial location of pupil z, CD-R, and the angle of eccentricity
What happens when you increase eccentricity to TCA?
Increases it just slightly
Equation for stimulus eccentricity
TCA=(z)sin(e)(2D)
Z=axial length
E=eccentricity
2=given, LCA
Chromatic difference of position induces ________________ which affect image contrast (visual performance)
Wavelength depends spatial phase shifts