NORTH CAROLINA

STATE BOARD OF OPTICIANS

THEORY OF LIGHT

REFERENCES:

Brooks & Borish, System for Ophthalmic Dispensing, 2nd ed Butterworth-Heinemann, 1996.

Stoner & Perkins, Optical Formulas Tutorial, Butterworth-Heinemann, 1996.

The North Carolina State Board of Opticians THEORY OF LIGHT examination may include but will not be limited to the following topics:

metric system and conversions;

reflection;

refraction;

Snell's Law;

total internal reflection;

optical prism;

index of refraction;

Iens concepts and characteristics;

vergences;

surface poser;

focal length;

lens form and analysis;

special lens designs.