Ocular aberrations with ray tracing and Shack-Hartmann wave-front sensors: Does polarization play a role?

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1063-1072

  Marcos, Susana ^a   Diaz Santana, Luis ^b   Llorente, Lourdes ^a   Dainty, Chris ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE ÓPTICA   (Spain)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; FLUORESCENCE; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHTING; OPTICAL SENSORS; RAY TRACING; WAVEFRONTS;

OCULAR ABERRATIONS;

ABERRATIONS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OPTOMETRY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; PUPIL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA;

ADULT; HUMANS; LIGHT; MIDDLE AGED; OPTOMETRY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; PUPIL; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RETINA;

EID: 0036618337     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.19.001063     Document Type: Article

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