Hello,

is there an easy way to define a ray in non-sequential mode, whose properties “follow-up” on the sequential Polarization Ray Trace tool? My ultimate goal is to define a source in non-sequential mode whose rays are determined from the sequential Polarization Ray Trace tool. I then wish to propagate these rays through a non-sequential absorptive Fabry Pérot etalon, and determine the coherent irradiance and phase in the middle of this etalon.

I am including below the Polarization Ray Trace tool output from which I would like to define a non-sequential ray. Please note that I do not have any experience creating or using DLL, hence a brute force solution would be preferable in my DLL-uneducated case, even if it takes more time. If using a DLL is the only solution, could you assist me in matching the seq pol ray trace output below to the inputs of the “diff_samp_1.c” Zemax sample file? I am happy to create and share a Zemax Code Exchange script that converts between the two once the parameters are correctly matched. If there is yet another solution, I would be grateful if you could share it.

Thank you in advance for your time,
Yannis
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Tracing ray to surface 68: IMAGE

Path length through air                (tau):      -5,0296469E-01
Internal absorption per mm           (alpha):       0,0000000E+00
Internal Transmittance of ray           (IT):      1,000000000000
Propagation Phase Factors            (pc,ps):      0,929706175596     -0,368302086687
Coordinates on surface               (x,y,z):       6,8431925E+00      -1,2630052E+01       0,0000000E+00
Direction cosines of incident ray (l1,m1,n1):      0,099625424310      0,042765591802      0,994105567326
Cosine of angle of incident ray             :      0,994105567326     (6,224037 deg)
Cosine of angle of exit ray                 :      0,994105567326     (6,224037 deg)
Direction cosines of exit ray     (l2,m2,n2):      0,099625424310      0,042765591802      0,994105567326
Direction cosines of normal       (ln,mn,nn):      0,000000000000      0,000000000000     -1,000000000000
Direction cosines of S vector     (sx,sy,sz):      0,394456763939     -0,918914501672      0,000000000000
Direction cosines of P vector     (px,py,pz):      0,913498022009      0,392131665101     -0,108416424084
E field before coating (xyz)   (Exr,Eyr,Ezr):      0,081135224914      0,282734542611     -0,020294063236
                               (Exi,Eyi,Ezi):     -0,113639832747     -0,633397716399      0,038636786682
E field before coating (s&p)       (Esr,Epr):     -0,227804533068      0,187186244216
                                   (Esi,Epi):      0,537212346245     -0,356373925889
Ray intensity before coating            (I1):      0,502533075322
Coating                                     :      None defined, assuming bare glass.
Intensity Reflection coefficients    (Rs,Rp):      0,000000000000      0,000000000000
Intensity Transmission coefficients  (Ts,Tp):      1,000000000000      1,000000000000
Intensity Absorption coefficients    (As,Ap):      0,000000000000      0,000000000000
Diattenuation                            (D):      0,000000000000
Field Amplitude Reflection S pol   (rsr,rsi):      0,000000000000      0,000000000000
Field Amplitude Reflection P pol   (rpr,rpi):      0,000000000000      0,000000000000
Field Amplitude Transmission S pol (tsr,tsi):      1,000000000000     -0,000000000000
Field Amplitude Transmission P pol (tpr,tpi):      1,000000000000     -0,000000000000
Field Reflection Phase             (Prs,Prp):      0,000000000000      0,000000000000
Field Reflection Retardance (P-S)       (Sr):      0,000000000000     (0,000000 deg)
Field Reflection Retardance (P-S+pi)    (Sr):      3,141592653590     (180,000000 deg)
Field Transmission Phase           (Pts,Ptp):     -0,000000000000     -0,000000000000
Field Transmission Retardance (P-S)     (St):      0,000000000000     (0,000000 deg)
Field Transmission Retardance (P-S+pi)  (St):      3,141592653590     (180,000000 deg)
Ray Amplitude Reflection S pol     (rsr,rsi):      0,000000000000      0,000000000000
Ray Amplitude Reflection P pol     (rpr,rpi):      0,000000000000      0,000000000000
Ray Amplitude Transmission S pol   (tsr,tsi):      1,000000000000      0,000000000000
Ray Amplitude Transmission P pol   (tpr,tpi):      1,000000000000      0,000000000000
Ray Reflection Phase               (Prs,Prp):      0,000000000000      0,000000000000
Ray Reflection Retardance (P-S)         (Sr):      0,000000000000     (0,000000 deg)
Ray Reflection Retardance (P-S+pi)      (Sr):      3,141592653590     (180,000000 deg)
Ray Transmission Phase             (Pts,Ptp):      0,000000000000      0,000000000000
Ray Transmission Retardance (P-S)       (St):      0,000000000000     (0,000000 deg)
Ray Transmission Retardance (P-S+pi)    (St):      3,141592653590     (180,000000 deg)
Electric field after coating       (Esr,Epr):     -0,227804533068      0,187186244216
                                   (Esi,Epi):      0,537212346245     -0,356373925889
Ray intensity after coating             (I2):      0,502533075322
Direction cosines of new S vector (sx,sy,sz):      0,394456763939     -0,918914501672      0,000000000000
Direction cosines of new P vector (px,py,pz):      0,913498022009      0,392131665101     -0,108416424084
E field after                  (Exr,Eyr,Ezr):      0,081135224914      0,282734542611     -0,020294063236
                               (Exi,Eyi,Ezi):     -0,113639832747     -0,633397716399      0,038636786682
X, Y, and Z direction Amplitude (Ax, Ay, Az):      0,139631430232      0,693636424019      0,043642299294
X, Y, and Z direction Phase     (Px, Py, Pz):     -0,950757129529     -1,150958884441      2,054441137171
Phase difference between X and Y       (Pxy):      0,200201754912     (11,470716 deg)
Major, Minor semi axis XY ellipse   (EM, Em):      0,707026369444      0,027242208888
Angle of XY polarization ellipse        (Ap):      1,375721530168     (78,823037 deg)
Ray intensity out                       (I2):      0,502533075322
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