
Access to the Zemax OpticStudio software is required. If you are a university student enrolled in an optics course you can apply for free use of OpticStudio through the Zemax Global Academic Program. of /6/2012 8:55 AM ZEMAX Users Knowledge Base - How To Design a Singlet Lens. The algorithms are capable of optimizing a merit function composed of weighted target values these target values are called operands. SPIE Student Members can access this course for free. Once the Merit Function is complete, the optimization algorithm in ZEMAX. Sign in to your account here to receive the discount code. If you have questions regarding Zemax OpticStudio please visit the Zemax Academic page for resources and FAQ’s. Questions regarding the Zemax Global Academic Program and support for the course can be emailed to: Optical System Design Course series provides all the necessary knowledge to get you up and running with Zemax OpticStudio sequential mode. You will learn how to model, analyze, and optimize various optical systems, while learning how to use tools and features included in Zemax. The course is designed as a learning path towards certification in Zemax Optical System Design.

A merit function, also known as a figure-of-merit function, is a function that measures the agreement between data and the fitting model for a particular choice of the parameters. This introductory course helps users understand OpticStudio user interface, provides an overview of optical design theory, and explains glass properties and how the Material Catalog works. By convention, the merit function is small when the agreement is good. In the process known as regression, parameters are adjusted based on the value of the merit function until a smallest value is obtained, thus.


In the second module the course reviews first and third optics while showing several useful OpticStudio analyses that can be used to assess the aberrations of the optical system. system into OpticStudio, analyze the performance of that system using.

The trainee is assumed to have a background with Zemax OpticStudio in system set up and analyses, and if not, we recommend the Optical System Learning Plan. In the third module, starting with the example of a simple singlet, this course explains how to perform an optimization in OpticStudio. optimize that design by defining a merit function and search variables. The ZEMAX glass catalog provides explicit index data only for d light. It also describes how the Optimization Wizard can be used to define typical performance targets, how to constrain the optimization to physically meaningful results and how to create your own complex operand. When we use the default merit function in ZEMAX to set up the ray.
