Now that we have created the structure as well as the monitors, we can proceed with setting up the launch field. Select Utility/Ray-Tracing Converters to open up the converter to change the previously created files into a format that the RSoft Software can use. (Note that we refer to this as a 'ray-tracing conversion', although the ZEMAX result is a Physical Optics Propagation and therefore not a ray-tracing result per se.) From here we will convert the files that were created in the earlier ray-tracing packages. Be sure to save the relevant files from the ray-tracing tools to the appropriate working directory where the index file is located.

Set the selection to be from ZEMAX to RSoft and then use the appropriate menus to set up the zpf file to be used as shown in Fig. 9.


Figure 9: Ray-tracing utility converter setup for ZEMAX

Press OK to convert the file and view the plot of the conversion.


Figure 10: Converted Field

Please note that the corresponding data file is complex, and contains phase information as well. The phase information for this specific case is displayed in Fig. 10. To display this plot, select Edit/View and then change the output to read the @odd information instead of the @even data.


Figure 11: Phase information for converted field