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

Exaluation

Lecture Notes Additional Documents / Files / Etc. Test Yourself
Installation of Ansys Zemax OpticStudio - -
     
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 Exercises
9. Aberrations 2 RC-Cassegrain for Micro-Satellite Mission
10. Diffraction, OPD, MTF USAF-1951 | Basic MTF Measurement | SNR model in Python
11. Optical Materials EYE.AGF (materials used in eye models)
     
12. Design Forms - Exercises
13. Cooke Triplet Design Cooke Triplet for for MWIR and LWIR imaging
14. Double Gauss Lens Design -
15. Multiple Configuration Editor (MCE) Lecture on MC System (University of Arizona)
16. Thermal Analysis Athermalization Techniques in IR systems -
17. Tolerencing Analysis Notes | Edmund capabilities | isoGuide | iso-10110 Standard -
Non-Sequential Mode in Zemax CAD Files | Rayfile OSLON 1010, GW VJLPE1.CM -
Zemax Programming Language (ZPL) - -
     
Basic System Design Parameters - -
Verbal Quiz Questions - -

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.m 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
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

Application Notes

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