Research activities in optics and optometry focus on the development of optical techniques for ophthalmology, the use of interferometric measurements for analyzing the anterior segment of the eye, color perception, the definition of new colorimetric standards, and optical diagnostics for biological tissues and quality control in industrial processes. It employs numerical techniques for simulating light propagation in turbid media, passive techniques for reconstructing the optical properties of biological tissues, and studies the propagation of light in disordered media.

This track is naturally part of the Applied Physics curriculum, and the rules for composing the study plan should follow those. Below are recommendations for the choice of core, supplementary/integrative, and elective courses for this track.

Contacts: Massimo Gurioli, massimo.gurioli@unifi.it, Stefano Cavalieri, stefano.cavalieir@unifi.it

For more information on this track and on research areas related to optics and human vision science (including thesis requests), you can refer to the contacts, as well as the following web pages:

https://www.ottica.unifi.it/index.html