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  1. Knowledgebase
  2. System Setup
  3. Imaging System Fundamentals

Imaging System Fundamentals

  • Exploring Sequential Mode in OpticStudio
  • Using Multi-Configuration Operands to control parameters in a single configuration system
  • How to place dummy surfaces at the front and rear principal planes
  • Adjusting relative luminosity to simulate the visible spectrum
  • Display pupils on a layout plot
  • What is a ray?
  • Understanding paraxial ray tracing
  • Modeling a lens that is telecentric in image space
  • How to design afocal systems
  • What is the Pupil Shift and how is it calculated?
  • How to reverse an optical system
  • How to use vignetting factors
  • What does the term apodization mean?
  • How to use Ray Aiming


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