Syllabus For The Subject OPTOMETRIC OPTICS

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SPECTACLE LENSES - INTRODUCTION TO SPECTACLE LENSES - FORMS OF LENSES -

CYLINDRICAL AND SPHERO CYLINDRICAL LENSES - PROPERTIES OF CROSSED

CYLINDERS.

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TORIC LENSES, TORIC TRANSPOSITION - ASTIGMATIC LENSES - AXIS DIRECTION OF

ASTIGMATIC LENSES - OBLIQUELY CROSSED CYLINDERS - SAG FORMULAE -

MISCELLANEOUS SPECTACLE LENSES.

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VERTEX DISTANCE AND VERTEX POWER - TILT INDUCED POWER - ABBERATIONS IN

OPHTHALMIC LENSES - FRESNEL PRISMS, LENSES AND MAGNIFIERS.

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SPECTACLE LENSES - MANUFACTURE OF GLASS - LENS SURFACING - PRINCIPLE OF

SURFACE GENERATION AND GLASS CEMENTS.

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LENS QUALITY - FAULTS IN LENS MATERIAL - FAULTS ON LENS SURFACE - INSPECTING

THE QUALITY OF LENSES - TOUGHENED LENSES.

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OPHTHALMIC LENSES - DEFINITION OF PRISMS, UNITS OF PRISM POWER - THICKNESS

DIFFERENCE AND BASE APEX NOTATIONS - DIVIDING, COMPOUNDING AND RESOLVING

PRISMS - ROTARY PRISMS AND EFFECTIVE PRISM POWER IN NEAR VISION - PRISMATIC

EFFECT, DECENTRATION, PRENTICE RULE - PRISMATIC EFFECT OF SPHEROCYLINDERS

AND PLANO CYLINDERS - DIFFERENTIAL PRISMATIC EFFECTS.

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SPECTACLE FRAMES - TYPES AND PARTS - CLASSIFICATION OF SPECTACLE FRAMES -

MATERIAL, WEIGHT, TEMPLE POSITION, COLORATION - FRAME CONSTRUCTION, FRAME

MEASUREMENTS AND MAKINGS.

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TINTED AND PROTECTIVE LENSES - CHARACTERISTICS OF TINTED LENSES -

ABSORPTIVE GLASSES - POLARISING FILTERS - PHOTOCHROMIC FILTERS - REFLECTING

FILTERS.

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BIFOCAL LENSES - TRIFOCAL LENSES - PROGRESSIVE ADDITION LENSES - LENTICULAR

LENSES - REFLECTION FROM SPECTACLE LENSES, GHOST IMAGES, REFLECTIONS IN

BIFOCALS AT THE DIVIDING LIN.

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Vinayaka Missions University,Directorate of Distance Education

Salem India

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN OPTOMETRY

2 Yr.

OPTOMETRIC OPTICS [BOPT-(L)](1060203)

ANTIREFLECTION COATING, ANTISCRATCH COATING, ANTIFOG COATING, MIRROR

COATING, EDGE COATING, F - MULTI COATING [HMC] - FIELD OF VIEW OF LENSES - SIZE,

SHAPE AND MOUNTING OF OPHTHALMIC LENSES - ASPHERICAL LENSES.

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SPECIAL LENSES - EXAMINATION OF SPECIMENS - LENS FAULTS INSPECTIONS -

MEASUREMENTS OF ASSORTED FACES FOR SPECTACLE.

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MAKING AND EDGING OF BIFOCAL LENSES - EDGING OF LENSES FOR PLASTIC, METAL