Indiana University

Distinguished Faculty Research Lecture
Prof. Larry N. Thibos

15 April 1999

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Email: thibos@indiana.edu

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Slide 1 IU Research Lecture, April 1999

Slide 2 Acknowledgements

Slide 3 Acknowledgements

Slide 4 Acknowledgements

Slide 5 Optometry, Optics, and Vision Science

Slide 6 The Eye's Optical System

Slide 7 Accommodation to Target Distance

Slide 8 Optical Limits to Vision

Slide 9 Aberrations of the Eye

Slide 10 Examples of Aberrated Retinal Images

Slide 11 Principle of Reversibility

Slide 12 Principle of Wavefront Analyzer

Slide 13 Principle of Wavefront Analyzer

Slide 14 Wavefront Aberration Function

Slide 15 Normal Pupil Maps (range ~ 1 _m)

Slide 16 Abnormal Pupil Maps (range ~ 10 _m)

Slide 17 Wavefront Shaping by Lenses

Slide 18 Gradient Index Lenses

Slide 19 Liquid Crystal Lenses

Slide 20 Flattening the Pupil Map with Adaptive Optics

Slide 21 2 _ = 1.0 D spherical lens

Slide 22 Adaptive Optics with Liquid Crystals

Slide 23 Hex127 Performance: 0.5 Diopter Spherical Lens

Slide 24 Hex127 Performance: 2.0 Diopter Spherical Lens

Slide 25 Performance of the Corrected Eye

Slide 26 Predicted Improvement with Hex-127 Correction

Slide 27 Optical Limits to Vision

Slide 28 Optics Attenuate Spatial Contrast

Slide 29 Optical Correction for Clinical Applications

Slide 30 High-Resolution Retinal Imaging & Adaptive Optics

Slide 31 Optical Correction for Vision

Slide 32 Benefits of Improved Retinal Images

Slide 33 Optical Limits to Visual Resolution

Slide 34 Sampling Limit to Visual Resolution

Slide 35 Benefits of Improved Visual Optics

Slide 36 The Future of Optometry