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:
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- 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.