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Hi, I want to design a schmidt prism in seq mode. How should I approach?

 

@Rahul Thakur 

 

It might be challenging in sequential mode. Rays are expected to move forward along the optical axis direction (it makes the ray tracing more straightforward under the hood). I would stick to non-sequential for the prism design if I were you. What kind of analysis you need from sequential mode? You could use OpticStudio mixed mode, where the prism is made in non-sequential and introduced in a sequential system with a Non-Sequential Component surface (see post below).

Also, its not totally relevant, but you might take something away from the accepted answer of this post:

Take care,

 

David


​@Rahul Thakur


It might be challenging in sequential mode. Rays are expected to move forward along the optical axis direction (it makes the ray tracing more straightforward under the hood). I would stick to non-sequential if I were you. What kind of analysis you need from sequential mode? You could use OpticStudio mixed mode, where the prism is made in non-sequential and introduced in a sequential system with a Non-Sequential Component surface (see post below).

Also, its not totally relevant, but you might take something away from the accepted answer of this post:

https://community.zemax.com/got-a-question-7/how-to-design-a-prism-with-a-lens-one-continuous-solid-5366?postid=17010#post17010

Take care,


David


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