Article
Fresnel Diffraction Effects in Misfocused Vision
American Journal of Physics
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-1-1987
Disciplines
Abstract
If a narrow line stimulus on an opposite contrast background is observed with appropriately misfocused vision, the stimulus appears as a number of alternating bright and dark fringes. A numerical calculation of this effect was performed. As a result it was found that the banding phenomenon is a Fresnel diffraction effect depending on the details of both the narrow line stimulus and the eye pupil.
DOI
10.1119/1.15175
Version
Postprint
Publisher's Statement
Copyright 1987 American Association of Physics Teachers. The following article appeared in American Journal of Physics 55 (1987): 265-269 and may be found at http://aapt.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1119/1.15175
Citation Information
Lock, James A. "Fresnel Diffraction Effects in Misfocused Vision." American Journal of Physics 55 (1987): 265-269.