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Hello,

I modulate sapphire dome in non-sequential mode, but when I'm traying to add birefringent i got error

Cant find glass “SAPPHIRE_E” in catalog.

 

pleas advice how can i modulate birefringent to sapphire.

thanks

Hi Michael, I’m assuming first that you’ve added the Birefringent catalog to your catalog set within the System Explorer? Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like OS has a built-in model for sapphire, at least not an obviously named one. You can see the full contents of the Birefringent catalog by going to Libraries > Materials Catalog

Assming that none of the names in that catalog are alternative names for sapphire, then you’d likely need to find a reference dataset describing the behavior of sapphire, then add sapphire to the catalog yourself. How to add new materials and glasses in OpticStudio – Knowledgebase (zemax.com). You’d need to define both SAPPHIRE and SAPPHIRE-E before you can use the model. In other words, you have to define the material’s behavior in both ordinary (SAPPHIRE) and extraordinary (SAPPHIRE-E) domains.

 


Hi Michael.
Sapphire is Al2O3, and present in the BIREFRINGENT Catalog (AL2O3 and AL2O3-E)


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