Welcome
Welcome to the January edition of the Zemax’s Community newsletter! We wish you all a happy new year 2023 and are looking forward to discussing with you all on our community.
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This newsletter provides updates for you, the user, on items you might find interesting or helpful from the last month! Check out each of these items below:
Is there something else you’d like to see? Let us know in the comments below!
Featured Community Posts
We have selected a couple of posts from last month that we thought might interest you.
- This post discusses coherence in non-sequential. For further information, I would also recommend checking this article: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/opticstudio-coherent-power-michael-humphreys?trk=public_profile_article_view that gives a good insight.
- This post is about using POP to model diffraction from a Grid Phase surface.
On the Code Exchange, here are the latest additions:
- This ZPL macro checks that a surface does not vignette a ray in sequential mode. It can be helpful when designing TMA systems.
- A new version is available for the DLL (Source): Non-sequential Astigmatic Gaussian. The index of refraction is now taken into account if the source starts within a material.
- This Python script converts a Zemax coating in a Speos coating. This is a work in progress but feel free to try and leave a comment.
Knowledgebase Updates
- How to load grating data from Lumerical into OpticStudio by
@Michael Cheng
In this article, a static workflow using Ansys Zemax OpticStudio and Lumerical RCWA for accurately simulating 1D/2D gratings in a whole optical system is introduced.
Zemax-er Spotlight
If you have a success story you’d like to share, please leave a comment. Tell your peers about the work you’re doing, and we may be able to feature you on our blog in the coming months!