System Setup
Articles in this section cover the setup parameters and core settings required to define an optical system. Here you will find articles addressing how to define global parameters, initial system configurations, or other questions relating to the start of your design in Ansys Zemax OpticStudio.
- Adding a phase surface to an off-axis mirror
- Adjusting relative luminosity to simulate the visible spectrum
- Analyzing and Selecting Optical Materials with the Granta Material Picker
- Bulk scattering with the Rayleigh model
- Can I define a background material other than air?
- Can I define an initial beam in POP using its M2 value?
- Common examples from Essential Macleod coatings
- Converting sequential surfaces to non-sequential objects
- Creating Polygon Objects in OpticStudio
- Demystifying the off-axis parabolic mirror
- Display pupils on a layout plot
- Exploring Non-Sequential Mode in OpticStudio
- Fitting ABg scattering coefficients from raw measured data
- Fitting index data in OpticStudio
- Freeform optics - webinar
- Freeform optics in OpticStudio
- How diffractive surfaces are modeled in OpticStudio
- How OpticStudio calculates refractive index at arbitrary temperatures and pressures
- How should I orient my CAD object in the NSC group to be able to get the ray traced in a mixed mode?
- How to add coatings and scattering functions to Non-Sequential objects
- How to add new materials and glasses in OpticStudio
- How to apply scattering in the presence of total internal reflection (TIR)
- How to build a spectrometer - theory
- How to create a double pass optical system
- How to create a simple non-sequential system
- How to create an array of sources
- How to create apertures in Non-Sequential Mode
- How to create complex non-sequential objects
- How to debug a double-pass lens file
- How to define metal materials in OpticStudio