Hello,
I read with interest the KB topic by Mark Nicholson about Image simulation within Zemax/OS. According to the article, “ The PSF grid also includes the effects of polarization and relative illumination”. I assume this type of information is obtained by setting polarization, and the software computes the Huygens PSFs.
I wonder whether you could be a little bit more specific about how the image simulation takes into account the polarization aberrations whith this PSF grid? Does Zemax go over a similar method as the one outlined in Brickenridge, Lam, and Chipman paper, with the building of a 4x4 Mueller matrix (the so-called Point Spread Matrix)?
Thanks for your feedback,
Ben