OPAC 202 Optical Design and Instrumentation
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Dr. Ahmet Bingül
Department of Optical & Acustical Engineering
Gaziantep University

Lecture Notes Additional Documents / Files / Etc. Test Yourself
Introductory    
1. Introduction - Exercises
2. What is Zemax OpticStudio? OpticStudio Help Files
3. Fundamental Concepts -
4. First Order Optics -
5. Ray Tracing -
6. Optimization -
7. Some Optical Instruments -
8. Aberrations 1 Zernike Polynomials
9. Aberrations 2 -
10. Diffraction, OPD, MTF -
11. Optical Materials eye.agf
Intermediate    
12. Design Forms - Exercises
13. Telescopes RC-Cassegrain for Micro-Satellite Mission
14. Cooke Triplet Design -
15. Double Gauss Lens Design -
16. Multiple Configuration Editor (MCE) Lecture on MC System (University of Arizona)
Advanced    
17. Thermal Analysis Athermalization Techniques in IR systems Exercises
18. Tolerencing Analysis isoGuide
19. Physical Optics and Lasers -
20. Non-Sequential Mode in Zemax Basic Photometry | CAD Files | Laser Resources
Appendix
A1. Optimization
A2. Zernike Polynomials
A3. USAF Target
A4. Zemax Programming Language (ZPL)
A5. System Design Parameters
A6. Verbal Quiz


Some useful MATLAB Programs to be used in Optical Design.
File name Description
achromate.m Simple cemented achromatic thin lens design
achromate_ynu.m Relatively advanced cemented achromatic lens design
cassegrain.m Cassegrain telescope design
ceren Generates light source file obtained from Cherenkov Radiation to be used in NSC mode. sample output.
codington.m Design of a single thin lens having minimum spherical aberration
cooke_triplet.m Design of a simple cooke triplet using Laikin's Algorithm
dri.m DRI range calculator using Johnson criteria
eyepiece_ramsden.m Simple Ramsden type eyepiece design using thin lenses
Heysem.zip Simple GUI based lens design program similar to Zemax Lens Data Editor
source_gaussian_random.m Generates light source file for a Gaussian Beam to be used in NonSequential mode. sample output.
source_lambertian_random.m Generates light source file for a Lambertian Beam to be used in NonSequential mode. sample output.
yu.m Implementation of y-u ray tracing method for several surfaces
ynu.m Implementation of y-nu ray tracing method for a Cooke Triplet
zoomlens.m Basic afocal zoom lens design using three paraxial thin lenses


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