Syllabus | Paper-6 PHYSICAL AND GEOMETRICAL OPTICS | Bachelor of Optometry | First Year

S. No

Topic

Domain

Hours

Module 1

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• Basic definitions and laws related to light
• Clinical applications

Desirable to know

• Electromagnetic spectrum and its effect on human eye

Nice to know

• Propagation of light
• How do we see
• Laser interferometer

Module 2

• How to identify a lens
• Uses of a lens
• Lensometer

Desirable to know

• Back vertex power
• Image formation by a lens
• Combination of lenses
• Decentration of a lens

Nice to Know

• Thin lens equation
• Thick lens equation

Module 3

• Different types of optical aberrations

Desirable to know

• How to make aberration free lenses

Nice to know

• Coma
• Distortion

Module 4

• Definition
• Nomenclature
• Uses

Desirable to know

• How to detect prism
• How to measure power of a prism

Nice to know

• Compounding and resolving prism power

Module 5

• Definition and formation

Desirable to know

• Clinical application

Nice to know

• Ray diagram

Module 6

• Lensometer

Desirable to know

• Manual neutralization

Nice to know

Module 7

• Back vertex power

Desirable to know

• Back vertex distance

Nice to know

• Gauss theorem

Module 8

• Uses
• How to operate

Desirable to know

• Principle
• Sources of error

Nice to know

• Ray diagram

Module 9

• How to do transposition

Desirable to know

• Uses

Module 10

• Prentice Rule
• Effect of decentration

Desirable to know

• Uses of decentration