Lectures on Optical Design with Zemax OpticStudio

Prepared by Ahmet Bingül (Gaziantep University)

  Imaging Optics   Non-Imaging Optics
  1. Introduction
  2. About Zemax OpticStudio | Zemax free download
  3. Fundamental Concepts
  4. Optimization
  5. Aberrations
  6. Diffraction and Image Quality

  7. Design Forms
  8. Beam Expanders
  9. Mirror Systems
  10. Cooke Triplet Design
  11. Double Gauss Lens Design

  12. Multiple Configuration Editor (MCE)
  13. Thermal Analysis
  14. Tolerencing Analysis | iso 10110
  15. Physical Optics
  1. Radiometry - Photometry
  2. Non-Sequential Mode in Zemax
  3. Diode Lasers/Fiber Coupling

  4. Additional Sources

Appendix

Books

List of MATLAB programs to be used to initilize some optical system designs.
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
freeform_circular.m Simple freeform lens design for uniform circular illumination for source-target distrance 5 meters.
Heysem.tgz 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