New high-resolution wave front sensing ophthalmic technique for the characterization of ocular optics

We present a new wave front sensing technique based on detecting the propagating light waves. This allows the user to acquire millions of data points within the pupil of the human eye; a resolution several orders of magnitude higher than current industry standard ophthalmic devices. The first instrument was built and tested using standard calibration surfaces in addition to using an artificial eye. The paper then presents the first characterization of the optics of a real human eye measured using the newly developed high-resolution wave front phase sensing technique showing the complexity of the human eye’s ocular optics.