Layout & Presentation

• How do I create presentation quality graphics and animations?
• Drawing specific rays in layout plots

Stray Light Analysis

• How to build a spectrometer – Stray Light Analysis
• Introduction to stray light analysis - Part 2
• Introduction to stray light analysis - Part 1
• Introduction to stray light analysis - Part 3
• Methods for stray light analysis in OpticStudio - webinar

Detector Analysis

• Multibeam interference simulation using Zemax OpticStudio
• Detectors used in illumination design
• Understanding the Detector Polar
• How to use the polar detector and IESNA/EULUMDAT source data
• How to show Detector Volume data in 3-D

Thermal Analysis

• How to model thermal effects using OpticStudio
• How to model thermal gradients in an interferometer cavity
• How to set the lens mount reference for thermal analysis
• How does OpticStudio model the thermal expansion of optical mounts?

Polarization

• How to model and design real waveplate in OpticStudio
• How to use the Jones Matrix surface
• How to design birefringent polarizers
• Investigating OpticStudio’s polarization features

Image Quality

• Resolution of diffraction-limited imaging systems using the point spread function
• How to design a singlet lens, Part 2: Analysis
• Simulating image quality in OpticStudio - webinar
• Identifying aberrations with OpticStudio features - webinar
• Contrast Loss Map in OpticStudio
• What is a Point Spread Function?

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