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Hello everyone,

I am currently trying to create a 3D interferometry model using a detector volume. I first checked that I was able to detect the interferences in 2D, before using a detector volume, as in the tutorial: How to show Detector Volume data in 3-D – Knowledgebase (zemax.com).

My system uses 3 source ellipse and a detector volume of opacity 10%.

However, I cannot see any absorbed flux on my detector volume, but I don’t know why. I suspect that without detecting any absorbed flux the Macro given by the tutorial cannot be run properly. 

Can you help me with that?

Best regards,

Marie Fournier.

I don’t think the Detector Volume can sample the coherent intensity, which is necessary to view fringes. I’d use a series of Dectector Rectangles over the detection volume instead.

  • Mark

Thank you for the advice Mark.

Finally I found the problem of the absorbed flux: in order to work properly in absorbed flux mode, the detector volume must contain an object such as a lens. That is why it didn’t work.

Best regards,

Marie.


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