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Visualization of chromatic correction of fish lenses by multiple focal lengths

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Summary, in English

Many fish and some terrestrial animals have multifocal lenses that compensate for chromatic aberration by a mechanism unique to biological optical systems. We describe four optical methods for the study of such lenses. Significantly improved methods (focal-area imaging, schlieren photography, and laser scanning) are explained in full detail. One method (photorefractometry) was only slightly modified over earlier versions and is illustrated in brief. Portable equipment is available for photorefractometry, schlieren photography, and laser scanning. With our methods we could for the first time directly illustrate chromatic correction by multifocal lenses and detect a number of previously unknown optical features of fish lenses.

Publishing year

2005

Language

English

Pages

691-700

Publication/Series

Journal of Optics. A, Pure and Applied Optics

Volume

7

Issue

11

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

IOP Publishing

Topic

  • Zoology

Keywords

  • crystalline lens
  • physiological optics
  • fish
  • schlieren photography
  • photorefractometry
  • laser scanning

Status

Published

Research group

  • Lund Vision Group

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1741-3567