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How to Create a New Glass Catalog
- By Mark Nicholson
- Published 6 May 2008
- Glass and Refractive Index
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Testing the Data
After you have entered the data, test it before use. ZEMAX provides multiple tools for this:
1. Within the Glass Catalog dialog, press the Glass Report and/or Catalog Report to get comprehensive listings of all the data entered.
2. Add your catalog to an existing design, under General...Glass Catalogs:

and then use Analysis...Glass and Gradient Index...Dispersion diagram to check the index versus wavelength values:

and Analysis...Glass and Gradient Index...Internal Transmission versus Wavelength to check this data also.
1. Within the Glass Catalog dialog, press the Glass Report and/or Catalog Report to get comprehensive listings of all the data entered.
2. Add your catalog to an existing design, under General...Glass Catalogs:

and then use Analysis...Glass and Gradient Index...Dispersion diagram to check the index versus wavelength values:

and Analysis...Glass and Gradient Index...Internal Transmission versus Wavelength to check this data also.