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What do radiant flux and luminous flux describe?
Amount of light emitted from a source
Units for radiant flux and luminous flux
Radiant flux: Watts
Luminous flux: Lumens
What is the peak photopic sensitivity of the eye?
555nm
Luminous efficiency of the eye is maximal at this wavelength - 1 watt = 685 lumens
What do radiant intensity and luminous intensity describe?
Intensity of light emitted from a source (amount of light per solid angle of space)
Units for radiant intensity and luminous intensity
Radiant intensity: watts per steradian
Luminous intensity: lumens per steradian = candelas
What do irradiance and illuminance describe?
Amount of light falling on a surface
Units for irradiance and illuminance
Irradiance: watts per sq metre
Illuminance: lumens per sq metre = lux
What is 1 steradian?
Unit for solid angle (cone shape)
Angle at the centre of a sphere which subtends an area on its surface that measures the square of its radius
What is one candela and how is a lumen derived from this?
One candela
= 1/60 of intensity radiated by a black body radiator at freezing point of platinum per sq cm
= 1 lumen per steradian
What do radiance and luminance describe?
Intensity of light reflected from a surface
Units for radiance and luminance
Radiance: watts/steradian per sq metre
Luminance:
- Candelas per sq metre
- Apostilbs (= 1/pi candelas / sq metre)
What is a troland?
Retina specific measure of illumination.
1 troland = retinal illumination when a surface luminance of 1 candela / sq metre is viewed through an entrance pupil which measures 1 mm2 after correction for Stiles-Crawford effect
Direct gonioscopy principle
Direct gonio contact lens has higher critical angle than cornea-air interface, allowing rays from the angle to exit via the goniolens –> real erect image
Space between cornea and lens is filled with viscous fluid
Direct goniolenses
Koeppe
Barkan
Swan-Jacob
Indirect gonioscopy principle
Indirect goniolens uses a mirror or prism to reflect rays from the angle
Inverted virtual image formed