The Detector Color object provides a tool to visualize the True Color image of an optical system. This object stores both Tristimulus data and power data, and allows both the irradiance (Position Space) and radiant intensity (Angle Space) distributions to be shown. Quantitative results from the detector may be extracted into the merit function using the NSDE operand. These results can be used both for system evaluation and optimization. A simple color optimization example is given.

The Detector Volume object in ZEMAX is a very useful tool for detecting light inside a volume. It uses volume pixels, or voxels, to detect light. However, the ZEMAX interface currently allows these voxels to be viewed only in 2-D planes. This article will show you how to use ZEMAX to create intricate CAD models of the voxels in a Detector Volume, and a sample ZPL macro is given at the end of this article for use in creating these CAD models automatically.