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nmattu60Single Emitter

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Direction of light through a lens (sequential mode)

Hello! I am fairly inexperienced with OpticStudio, so the solutions to my question may be simple. Currently I am trying to model a system whereby light originates from the left surface, goes through a beam-splitter (the cube), and I analyze the output after the bottom lens (the one on the right I would like to ignore -- say this light leaves the system). The issue I am facing is that I am not able to establish a surface after the bottom lens and, additionally, the light is reflecting off of the rounded end of the lens and ending back at the flat end. Does anyone have any ideas?

1 hour ago

nadav.amitaiFully Spectral

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Lens cannot be traced, tolerances may be too loose vs mtf

Hi all, During tolerancing of some lenses (using the mtf as criteria) I get the “Lens cannot be traced, tolerances may be too loose!”However, opening one of this the monte carlo files it seems like the mtf is bad but larger than zero. What can be the reason for this? Thanks,Nadav

3 hours ago

sathyaInfrared

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How to define numerical aperture for multimode fiber in non-sequential mode?

I am doing light collection using multimode optical fiber. I have designed fiber in non-sequential mode using the object type "cylinder volume" . Is the fiber design is equivalent to multimode fiber? How to define numerical aperture for fiber in non-sequential mode?

9 hours ago

Christabelle TiongMonochrome

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Light beam not Reflecting with CAD object in Hybrid Mode

--Need Help--I have this issue, I have two CAD objects in Hybrid mode. I would want the light beam to reflect after it touches on the CAD surface. However, the light beam seems to ignore the coated surface and passes through. Any reason why this is happening?

11 hours ago

JuliaUltraviolet

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ZPLM tricks that you may don't know, but can be incredibly useful

I will share examples of using ZPLM as a workaround to solve some problems that I see/ you may experience in my daily support 😀.

11 hours ago

nmattu60Single Emitter

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nadav.amitaiFully Spectral

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tolerance analysis with diffractive surface

Hi all, Is there a way to do tolerance analysis to diffractive surface(binary 2)? Thanks

1 day ago

Kevin ChenSingle Emitter

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Why I can't see anything in the layout?

Hi all,I am really new in Zemax, learning from the tutoral and found out that why I couldn’t see anything in layout (Cross-Section) when I open after I set all the proper parameter?Even I tried to optimize all the system, the variable didn’t change, not sure if this related to the same problem? I also have tried some example documents from the Zemax file and the problems are the same.

1 day ago

Sahil Nazir PottooStudent

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Can Henyey-Greenstein distribution be used to model bulk scattering due to raindrops and snowflakes?

Hi,Henyey-Greenstein model describes the angular distribution of light scattered by small particles, ranging from the scattering of light by biological tissue to scattering by interstellar dust clouds [https://support.zemax.com/hc/en-us/articles/1500005577062-Using-the-Henyey-Greenstein-distribution-to-model-bulk-scattering].Will it be right to use Henyey-Greenstein distribution in Non-Sequential Mode to model bulk scattering due to raindrops and snowflakes?Thank you for the reply! [Mod note: Moved to general forum as this is not a STAR-related question].

1 day ago

Michael ChengZemax Staff

posted in People & Pointers

Alternative way to simulate for coherence length

In OpticStudio, an option is available for assigning Coherence Length to a source as shown below. This works based on randomizing the wavelength of each ray. In this post, an another method is demonstrated for simulating coherence length. In this method, it’s assume light with different wavelength cannot interfere. In other words, the interference pattern of a multi-wavelength source is the incoherent sum of the interference pattern of each wavelength themselves.In fact, light with different wavelength could interfere. However, the interference pattern cannot be detected because the pattern changes with very high frequency and vanishes when sensor averages it over time. The following picture explains it. To calculate the interference pattern of each wavelength and incoherently sum them, we need to do it manually. Here we provide a simple case and an ZOS-API code to demonstrate how to do it.To see how it works, users just need to open the attached ZAR file, turn on Interactive Extension

2 days ago

Michael ChengZemax Staff

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Reverse a HUD system

This post provides a potentially working method for reversing an off-axial sysetm such like a HUD. It may not work with all systems, but have been proved to be useful for some systems.Turn off RA. Clear all fields. This is becuase RA will throw erorrs during the following tweaking. And the field data is unlikely to be unchnaged so let's just remove it and re-add them later. If the number of mirrors is odd, add one more mirror after object, using the Add Mirror Tool. Add a dummy surface after object and before image. Select all surface and reverse. After reversing it, multiply all decenter/tilt by -1 and set Order flag to opposite. Remember to adjust image and object distance. and turn on the RA again. You can remove the dummy mirror if you add it at step 2.In the attached video, we showed an example of using this process with the following example in the KBA. Note in the video, I forgot to do the final step to turn on the Ray Aiming.https://support.zemax.com/hc/en-us/articles/150000557

3 days ago

Mumlesh SawasiyaSingle Emitter

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Thermal

I want to know the process of doing Thermal Analysis of RC Telescope system. Also I want to know about Tolerance analysis using MTF for this system. I also want to know how to design Baffle for this system. Thank you

3 days ago

Mark.NicholsonLuminary

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New Optimization Methods

Hi Zemax Team, I was pleased to see the new optimization routines in 21.1, but I have not yet succeeded in getting a better result (either in MF value or speed) with them than with the DLS optimizer. For example, in a typical imaging system design, optimizing for best RMS spot, I have a design with a starting MF of 0.02 with 12 variables, all thicknesses and radii. The results I get are: DLS: 0.0011 in 1.7 secs DLSx 0.0035 in 3.6 secs PSD 0.0035 in 3.6 secs For reference, Orthogonal Descent (which I know is not intended for this kind of optimization) gave 0.0037 in 2.9 secs. Can you give us some color on what kind of optimization problems these new algorithms are intended for? - Mark

3 days ago

MarzannaInfrared

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Mapping defocused and PSF deviation across the FOV

Hi,I need to create two maps (grids) presenting deviation of:best, on-axis focus vs its position on the filed ( on-axis focus vs the amount of off-axis defocus) on-axis PSF vs off-axis PSF The closest things I found in Zemax is Grid Distortion. How to get started with this mapping? Where from to extract this information. I don’t mind long and laborious work :) I will be grateful for any tips.With regards,Marzanna Szwaj

3 days ago

atravinskySingle Emitter

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Spot centroid (CENX/CENY) vs Huygens PSF centroid (CEHX/CEHY) - why are they different?

Hello,I am getting about 100% difference when calculating the centroid using the two methods. Why are they so different? I was expecting ~10% difference. Should they not be identical for a paraxial lens?Thank you!Anton

3 days ago

Gernot.BlobelSingle Emitter

posted in People & Pointers

Tech Tip: Human Skin and Heart Rate Sensor Modelling

Heart rate sensors are often included in wearable tech devices. What is the technology that enables us to measure the heartbeat with our smartwatch or fitness tracker? How can we simulate it with Zemax OpticStudio? Photoplethysmography (PPG) is a low cost, non-invasive optical technology that takes physiological measurements on the surface of the skin. PPG devices consist of infrared or visible range light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and photodetectors. They provide a simple optical technique to detect blood volume changes in tissues. Light is more strongly absorbed and scattered by blood than by the surrounding tissue. Therefore, the pulsation of blood causes a variation of opposite phase in the signal of the detector.How to implement a human skin tissue model in OpticStudio, and how to simulate the measured signal of a PPG device over time using a ZOS-API application is described in detail in our Knowledgebase article.Light scattering by small particles in turbid media, such as in biolog

3 days ago

MarzannaInfrared

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Zemax kepps crushing

Hi,I got Zemax Optic Studio 2023 R1.00. When started using PSF The same Zemax behaviour keeps happening when trying PSF analyses using Zemax Design Templates ( even on very simple 2 lenses system). I was testing PSF function on our PC - same reaction. My brand new laptop got and 16 GB RAMOur PCand 320GB RAM.They both have Windows 11 Pro.I would like to contact Zemax Technical support but couldn't find email.

4 days ago

Christabelle TiongMonochrome

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How to start an Input ray to the first CAD object in Sequential Mode

Need Help!Hi, I have a question, how do I start to get an input ray into my NSC CAD file in SEQUENTIAL mode. I am expecting a light travelling through my first CAD Object and then reaching my second CAD object.

4 days ago

Kerry.HerbertZemax Staff

posted in People & Pointers

Tech Tip Tuesday: Working with freeform HUD elements

In a previous Tech Tip Tuesday we discussed some of the analyses available in OpticStudio to evaluate systems with freeform surfaces. For this Tech Tip Tuesday – HUD Edition: We will discuss tools available to aid with the import, conversion, and/or fitting of pre-existing freeform elements in OpticStudio. In modern Head-Up Display systems, the optical designer is often required to incorporate some flavor of pre-existing, freeform optical element. The pre-existing element could be an airplane canopy, off-the-shelf combiner element, an automotive windshield, etc. The native data formatting of this freeform element varies by both industry application and by individual design team preference. These surfaces may have natively been created and stored as CAD files, an extended polynomial, or even just a sampled sag table. For any of these cases, OpticStudio has the answer!Import STEP/IGES/SAT/STL files directly OpticStudio is able to directly import STEP, IGES, SAT, and STL file types into N

4 days ago

MarzannaInfrared

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FFT PSF shows nothing, is blank and Zemax goes down

Hi,Here is my very simple setup and its spot diagram, which is smaller that Airy Radius, so I wanted to investigate PSF further using FFT PSFbut I don’t get any image, just black windowAfter that, Zemax is slowing down, stopped work and closed. When open Zemax again, I am getting this messageI have tried with other file ( but with similar simulations) it is happening again - I am getting black screen for FFT PSF and Zemax is down. I am sure my laptop has enough RAMs to accommodate Zemax. Regards,Marzanna

5 days ago

ztystarInfrared

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How to tilt & denceter a component without disturbing other components?

Hi all,I have a question regarding the tilt and decenter specific elements without changing other components in an optical system. For example, as the 1st picture shown below, we have many mirrors tilted certain degrees, now, I would like to tilt the M1 mirror only, but still make the rest mirrors stay at the same position (not tilt and dencenter at all), but definitely, their size may change due to the tilt of M1 mirror. However, when I tilt M1 mirror, the rest system also change as shown in the second picture, if anyone can help me out for this problem, I really appreciate!The corresponding Zemax file also attached below for your reference if you would like to modify it for me!Thank you!

5 days ago

nadav.amitaiFully Spectral

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Blocking rays

Hi all,Is there any way to block specific rays from propagating in non sequnetial mode? for example, in the attached file, I want to block only the first source and allow the second one to propgate. Thanks,Nadav

5 days ago

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