Search research articles

ABOUT JoVE

Overview Leadership Blog JoVE Help Center

AUTHORS

Publishing Process Editorial Board Scope & Policies Peer Review FAQ Submit

LIBRARIANS

Testimonials Subscriptions Access Resources Library Advisory Board FAQ

RESEARCH

JoVE Journal Methods Collections JoVE Encyclopedia of Experiments Archive

EDUCATION

JoVE Core JoVE Business JoVE Science Education JoVE Lab Manual Faculty Resource Center Faculty Site

Terms & Conditions of Use

Related Concept Videos

Focusing of Light in the Eye

Focusing of Light in the Eye

Light rays enter the eye through the cornea, a transparent dome-shaped tissue that is the eye's outermost layer. The cornea bends or refracts, light rays traveling to the pupil. The shape of the cornea determines how much of the light is bent and whether the image will be focused correctly on the retina at the back of the eye. Once the light has passed through both refraction layers, it converges into a single focal point onto a small area. This is where photoreceptors start transforming...

Imaging Biological Samples with Optical Microscopy

Imaging Biological Samples with Optical Microscopy

Optical microscopy uses optic principles to provide detailed images of samples. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek designed the first compound optical microscope in the 17th century to visualize blood cells, bacteria, and yeast cells. In 1830, Joseph Jackson Lister created an essentially modern light microscope. The 20th century saw the development of microscopes with enhanced magnification and resolution.
In optical microscopy, the specimen to be viewed is placed on a glass slide and clipped on the stage...

Phase Contrast and Differential Interference Contrast Microscopy

Phase Contrast and Differential Interference Contrast Microscopy

Phase-Contrast Microscopes
In-phase-contrast microscopes, interference between light directly passing through a cell and light refracted by cellular components is used to create high-contrast, high-resolution images without staining. It is the oldest and simplest type of microscope that creates an image by altering the wavelengths of light rays passing through the specimen. Altered wavelength paths are created using an annular stop in the condenser. The annular stop produces a hollow cone of...

Confocal Fluorescence Microscopy

Confocal Fluorescence Microscopy

Confocal microscopy is an advanced microscopic technique. The prime advantage of the confocal microscope over other microscopy techniques is its ability to block the out-of-focus light from the illuminated samples using pinholes. It is widely used with fluorescence optics to obtain high-resolution, sharp contrast images. Unlike optical microscopes, confocal microscopes use a focused beam of light laser to scan the entire sample surface at different z-planes. These microscopes are, therefore,...

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by

Same author

Amyloid plaques drive state-dependent long-range circuit reorganization in the hippocampus.

bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology·2026

Same author

Mixed-valence state in the dilute-impurity regime of La-substituted SmB<sub>6</sub>.

Nature communications·2024

Same author

Common variable immunodeficiency disorders: What generalists should know.

African journal of thoracic and critical care medicine·2021

Same author

The epidemiology of respiratory syncytial virus: A retrospective review from Steve Biko Academic Hospital 2013 - 2016.

African journal of thoracic and critical care medicine·2021

Same author

Diagnosis and management of community-acquired pneumonia in children: South African Thoracic Society guidelines.

African journal of thoracic and critical care medicine·2021

Same author

Investigating lipid headgroup composition within epithelial membranes: a systematic review.

Soft matter·2021

Search research articles

Related Experiment Video

Updated: Jul 6, 2026

Scanning Light Scattering Profiler (SLPS) Based Methodology to Quantitatively Evaluate Forward and Backward Light Scattering from Intraocular Lenses

Scanning Light Scattering Profiler (SLPS) Based Methodology to Quantitatively Evaluate Forward and Backward Light Scattering from Intraocular Lenses

Published on: June 6, 2017

Intraocular light scatter as modeled through a stratified medium.

B Pierscionek, R J Green, S G Dolgobrodov

|March 28, 2008

Summary

The eye lens acts like an interference filter, scattering light. This filtering property may explain light reflectance in conditions like cataract formation.

Area of Science:

Ophthalmology
Biophysics
Optical Physics

Background:

Intraocular light scatter significantly impacts visual quality.
The precise optical mechanisms within the eye lens, particularly during opacification, require further elucidation.

Purpose of the Study:

To model intraocular light scatter using a stratified medium approach.
To investigate the optical properties of the human eye lens, specifically its potential as an interference filter.

Main Methods:

Modeling light scatter through a stratified medium representing the eye lens.
Analyzing the reflectance properties of the lens model under simulated opacification conditions.

Main Results:

The eye lens exhibits characteristics of an interference filter.

More Related Videos

Measuring the Behavioral Effects of Intraocular Scatter

Measuring the Behavioral Effects of Intraocular Scatter

Published on: February 18, 2021

Scattering And Absorption of Light in Planetary Regoliths

Scattering And Absorption of Light in Planetary Regoliths

Published on: July 1, 2019

Related Experiment Videos

Last Updated: Jul 6, 2026

Scanning Light Scattering Profiler (SLPS) Based Methodology to Quantitatively Evaluate Forward and Backward Light Scattering from Intraocular Lenses

Scanning Light Scattering Profiler (SLPS) Based Methodology to Quantitatively Evaluate Forward and Backward Light Scattering from Intraocular Lenses

Published on: June 6, 2017

Measuring the Behavioral Effects of Intraocular Scatter

Measuring the Behavioral Effects of Intraocular Scatter

Published on: February 18, 2021

Scattering And Absorption of Light in Planetary Regoliths

Scattering And Absorption of Light in Planetary Regoliths

Published on: July 1, 2019

Simulated opacification, mimicking cataract formation, revealed stop zones with high reflectance (up to 1) within the visible light spectrum.

Conclusions:

The eye lens functions as an interference filter.
This interference filter model provides a potential explanation for light reflectance observed in cataractous eyes.