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The Physics Teacher -- November 2006 -- Volume 44, Issue 8, pp. 512

Laser Measurement of Optical Errors of the Eye

Giuseppe Colicchia and Hartmut Wiesner

Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany

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One way to motivate students' interest in physics is to teach it in the context of medicine.1 Optics, for example, can be taught with examples from the eye. For many years simple optics of lenses has been taught using a model of the eye.2 However, recent advances in using lasers for ophthalmological (ocular) examinations3 can be used to increase motivation and provide a look at sophisticated use of lasers in ophthalmology. This paper describes a set of experiments that help students learn about contemporary methods of ophthalmological examinations that do not require the traditional approach of placing many lenses in front of the patient's eyes.

© 2006 American Association of Physics Teachers

KEYWORDS and PACS

Keywords

physics education, optics, educational aids, laboratory techniques, eye, vision, error detection, laser applications in medicine

PACS

  • 01.50.My

    Demonstration experiments and apparatus

  • 07.60.-j

    Optical instruments and equipment

  • 42.66.-p

    Physiological optics

History
Online Nov 2006

PUBLICATION DATA

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0031-921X (print)  

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ARTICLE DATA

Digital Object Identifier
http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.2362943

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