Week 2 Flashcards
Lens thickness
- separation between the two lens vertex points
- always positive
- always measured in meters
The optical power of a thin lens is…
-the sum of the optical powers of each SSRI
Gullstrand’s relationship
Power of a thick lens= P1+P2-(d/n)(P1P2)
- d is always positive
- n is always positive
The optical power of a thick lens in comparison to the sum of the optical powers of the two SSRI’s is…
-can be larger or smaller
Can a convex lens be negative?
-a VERY thick biconvex lens can be negative in air
Optical Power of a real, thick lens depends on…
- the radii of curvature of the refracting surfaces(R)
- The lens material refractive index in relation to the surrounding medium refractive index
- surface separation(d)
Ball lens
- a biconvex lens with thickness equal to twice the radius of curvature(R) of its surfaces
- easy to handle
- no orientation requirements
For a ball lens of glass(n=1.5), the focal distance in air is…
f=1.5R
-FOCAL DISTANCE IS MULTIPLIED BY R NOT DIVIDED!!
Hoegh meniscus
- flat piece of glass, bent
- refracting surfaces with same radii of curvature, but slightly displaced centers of curvature
Hoegh meniscus power
Material is glass and surrounded by air, has positive optical power
-plus lens
Size lens
- can be plus or minus
- same centers of curvature, but different radii of curvature
- R1>R2
Cornea
-outside is slightly less curvy than inside
If cornea were surrounded by air, what is optical power?
-5.2D
If cornea were surrounded by air on outside and aqueous solution on inside, what is optical power?
POSITIVE
-like +43D
What is most important factor that makes the cornea a strong plus lens?
-the fact that the posterior surface is surrounded by the aqueous with nearly similar refractive index