Exports data from a frequency field or field and power monitor to Zemax *.zbf file. This command can be also used to export data from a d-card to Zemax file. The return value of this command is the origin (x, y and z coordinates) of the monitor exported to the *.zbf file.
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output = zbfexport("monitorname"); |
Export data from monitorname. By default, the first frequency point is exported. This function returns the origin of the monitor exported to the *.zbf file, in the format of an array with the x, y and z coordinates of the monitor origin. |
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zbfexport("monitorname",f); |
Exports the frequency point specified by the index f. |
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zbfexport("monitorname",f,"filename"); |
Exports to the specified "filename" without opening the file browser window. |
| [[Note:]] The Zemax zbf file requires the data to be saved on a uniform grid of dimensions with a power of 2 (with \(2^n \times 2^m\) points). The dataset will be interpolated on a grid with \(n\) and \(m\) defined so the mesh step is equal to or less than the smallest mesh step in the original data. |
Example #1
Export data from monitor "beam_profile" to a .zbf file for Zemax. The monitor had more than one frequency point, so we elected to export the third frequency point.
?zbfexport("beam_profile",3,"test_export.zbf");
result:
1e-07
3e-07
0
Example #2
Export data from dcard named "global_mode1" to a .zbf file for Zemax. The d-card has one frequency point, so we use f index =1.
zbfexport("global_mode1",1,"testfileDcard.zbf");
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