<![CDATA[ZEMAX Users' Knowledge Base - Articles - ]]> http://www.zemax.com/kb en-us N/A support@zemax.com Fri, 16 May 2008 04:42:46 PDT 20 <![CDATA[Performing Partially Coherent Diffraction Image Analysis]]> http://www.zemax.com/kb/articles/205/1/Performing-Partially-Coherent-Diffraction-Image-Analysis/Page1.html This article explains:

  • What Partially Coherent Diffraction Image Analysis is
  • What different types of partial coherence Gamma functions are available
  • The two different computations methods that can be used for partial coherence
  • What sampling issues to watch out for when performing partially coherent analysis
]]> no@spam.com (Andrew Locke) http://www.zemax.com/kb/articles/205/1/Performing-Partially-Coherent-Diffraction-Image-Analysis/Page1.html <![CDATA[How To Determine Which Glass Catalog Is Being Used]]> http://www.zemax.com/kb/articles/188/1/How-To-Determine-Which-Glass-Catalog-Is-Being-Used/Page1.html This article explains how to determine which glass catalog is being used as the source of the glass data for a specific surface/object. This is especially important when multiple glass catalogs are loaded containing one or more glasses with the same name.

]]> no@spam.com (Andrew Locke) http://www.zemax.com/kb/articles/188/1/How-To-Determine-Which-Glass-Catalog-Is-Being-Used/Page1.html <![CDATA[How To Use The Tolerancing Cache]]> http://www.zemax.com/kb/articles/183/1/How-To-Use-The-Tolerancing-Cache/Page1.html This article explains the benefits of the tolerancing cache feature.  This article also warns when it may be inappropriate to use this feature.

]]> no@spam.com (Andrew Locke) http://www.zemax.com/kb/articles/183/1/How-To-Use-The-Tolerancing-Cache/Page1.html <![CDATA[How to Reverse an Optical System]]> http://www.zemax.com/kb/articles/172/1/How-to-Reverse-an-Optical-System/Page1.html This article explains how to use the Reverse Elements tool to reverse an entire sequential optical system.

]]> no@spam.com (Andrew Locke) http://www.zemax.com/kb/articles/172/1/How-to-Reverse-an-Optical-System/Page1.html <![CDATA[How to Constrain the Thickness of Aspheric Components]]> http://www.zemax.com/kb/articles/169/1/How-to-Constrain-the-Thickness-of-Aspheric-Components/Page1.html This article explains:

  • Why default thickness boundary constraints are not always sufficient when optimizing aspheric components
  • How the FTGT and FTLT optimization operands can be used to successfully constrain the thickness of a surface at intermediate aperture locations

This article is also available in Japanese.

]]> no@spam.com (Andrew Locke) http://www.zemax.com/kb/articles/169/1/How-to-Constrain-the-Thickness-of-Aspheric-Components/Page1.html <![CDATA[How to Run ZEMAX on an Intel-based Macintosh Computer]]> http://www.zemax.com/kb/articles/156/1/How-to-Run-ZEMAX-on-an-Intel-based-Macintosh-Computer/Page1.html This article explains:

  • What is required to run ZEMAX on an Intel-based Macintosh computer
  • The differences between the two methods that can be used to run ZEMAX on an Intel-based Macintosh
]]> no@spam.com (Andrew Locke) http://www.zemax.com/kb/articles/156/1/How-to-Run-ZEMAX-on-an-Intel-based-Macintosh-Computer/Page1.html <![CDATA[How To Exchange Your ZEMAX Key]]> http://www.zemax.com/kb/articles/152/1/How-To-Exchange-Your-ZEMAX-Key/Page1.html no@spam.com (Andrew Locke) http://www.zemax.com/kb/articles/152/1/How-To-Exchange-Your-ZEMAX-Key/Page1.html <![CDATA[Why Do Rays Trace Behind a Fold Mirror Surface?]]> http://www.zemax.com/kb/articles/146/1/Why-Do-Rays-Trace-Behind-a-Fold-Mirror-Surface/Page1.html This article explains:

  • Why rays sometimes appear to trace behind fold mirror surfaces
  • How to fix this problem
  • The benefits of the “Add Fold Mirror” tool
]]> no@spam.com (Andrew Locke) http://www.zemax.com/kb/articles/146/1/Why-Do-Rays-Trace-Behind-a-Fold-Mirror-Surface/Page1.html <![CDATA[How To Model a Dichroic Beam Splitter]]> http://www.zemax.com/kb/articles/132/1/How-To-Model-a-Dichroic-Beam-Splitter/Page1.html This article explains:

  • How dichroic beam splitters can be modeled in non-sequential mode
  • How to use the flexible table coating format which is useful when the coating prescription data is not available
]]> no@spam.com (Andrew Locke) http://www.zemax.com/kb/articles/132/1/How-To-Model-a-Dichroic-Beam-Splitter/Page1.html <![CDATA[Why is the Optical Performance Sometimes Different at the Image Surface Versus a Co-Located Surface?]]> http://www.zemax.com/kb/articles/131/1/Why-is-the-Optical-Performance-Sometimes-Different-at-the-Image-Surface-Versus-a-Co-Located-Surface/Page1.html  

]]> no@spam.com (Andrew Locke) http://www.zemax.com/kb/articles/131/1/Why-is-the-Optical-Performance-Sometimes-Different-at-the-Image-Surface-Versus-a-Co-Located-Surface/Page1.html