learning zemax

[Borgnino]

Hi,

I wish to learn Zemax by myself and would like to find some
documentation, further than Zemax's help and tutorials. For instance a
kind of "100 exercices to do with Zemax" book would be great.
I have a good background in physics, diffractive optics and light
propagation in the atmosphere, but are not familiar with optical design.
I would be grateful for any advice.

JC.

[Richard F.L.R.Snashall]

Post by Borgnino
Hi,
I wish to learn Zemax by myself and would like to find some
documentation, further than Zemax's help and tutorials. For instance a
kind of "100 exercices to do with Zemax" book would be great.
I have a good background in physics, diffractive optics and light
propagation in the atmosphere, but are not familiar with optical design.
I would be grateful for any advice.
JC.

There are several design books available from Willmann-Bell:

http://www.willbell.com/

I have heard that some like Gregory Hallock Smith's book. The examples
are in ZEMAX format, if you think that might be useful to you.

[Peter R Hobson]

Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2005 06:05:12 -0400
Newsgroups: sci.optics
Subject: Re: learning zemax

Post by Borgnino
Hi,
I wish to learn Zemax by myself and would like to find some
documentation, further than Zemax's help and tutorials. For instance a

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Post by Borgnino
JC.

http://www.willbell.com/
I have heard that some like Gregory Hallock Smith's book. The examples
are in ZEMAX format, if you think that might be useful to you.

Look at "The Art and Science of Optical Design", Shannon RR, Cambridge
which has useful examples plus uses a number of Optical Design packages
including ZEMAX.

********************************************************

Dr Peter R Hobson
Reader, Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering
Brunel University, Uxbridge UB8 3PH G.B.

[w***@gmail.com]

Post by Richard F.L.R.Snashall

Post by Borgnino
Hi,
I wish to learn Zemax by myself and would like to find some
documentation, further than Zemax's help and tutorials. For instance a
kind of "100 exercices to do with Zemax" book would be great.
I have a good background in physics, diffractive optics and light
propagation in the atmosphere, but are not familiar with optical design.
I would be grateful for any advice.
JC.

http://www.willbell.com/
I have heard that some like Gregory Hallock Smith's book. The examples
are in ZEMAX format, if you think that might be useful to you.

[Jonathan Scheuch]

"Modern Lens Design" by Warren Smith is a good resource with over 200
lens design examples. He gives the prescription data and shows what
results you should get from analysis.

Jonathan

[Gransdpa]

Post by Jonathan Scheuch
"Modern Lens Design" by Warren Smith is a good resource with over 200
lens design examples. He gives the prescription data and shows what
results you should get from analysis.
Jonathan

This is poor advise. You might learn how to re-optimize, but that is a
far cry from learning optical design.

Grandpa

[Jim Klein]

Post by Gransdpa

Post by Jonathan Scheuch
"Modern Lens Design" by Warren Smith is a good resource with over 200
lens design examples. He gives the prescription data and shows what
results you should get from analysis.
Jonathan

This is poor advise. You might learn how to re-optimize, but that is a
far cry from learning optical design.
Grandpa

Learning by doing and working from good starting points is a very good
way to learn to do optical design, as long as you attempt to
understand the whys of what you are doing.

You are not suggesting starting from plane parallel plates are your?

Jim Klein

[Helpful person]

Post by Jim Klein
Learning by doing and working from good starting points is a very good
way to learn to do optical design, as long as you attempt to
understand the whys of what you are doing.
You are not suggesting starting from plane parallel plates are your?
Jim Klein

Surely there are better programs to learn than Zemax?

[a***@earthlink.net]

Post by Helpful person
Surely there are better programs to learn than Zemax?

That's like asking: surely there is a better word processor to learn
than Microsoft Word?

For better or worse, ZEMAX dominates on the Windows platform.

Al

[Helpful person]

There are alternatives. Try OSLO.

[Jim Klein]

Post by a***@earthlink.net

Post by Helpful person
Surely there are better programs to learn than Zemax?

That's like asking: surely there is a better word processor to learn
than Microsoft Word?
For better or worse, ZEMAX dominates on the Windows platform.
Al

Hi Al,

Jim Klein

[Steve Eckhardt]

Post by a***@earthlink.net

Post by Helpful person
Surely there are better programs to learn than Zemax?

That's like asking: surely there is a better word processor to learn
than Microsoft Word?
For better or worse, ZEMAX dominates on the Windows platform.
Al

Hello, Al. Good to see you posting.

[Jim Klein]

Post by Helpful person

Post by Jim Klein
Learning by doing and working from good starting points is a very good
way to learn to do optical design, as long as you attempt to
understand the whys of what you are doing.
You are not suggesting starting from plane parallel plates are your?
Jim Klein

Surely there are better programs to learn than Zemax?

I'm out of business. OSLO is another option.

Jim

[rll]

I recommend "Introduction to Lens Design with Practical Zemax Examples" by
Joseph M. Geary.

It provides a introduction to both optical design and Zemax and is the only
book I've found that specifically uses Zemax for lens design.

- Russ

Hi,
I wish to learn Zemax by myself and would like to find some documentation,
further than Zemax's help and tutorials. For instance a kind of "100
exercices to do with Zemax" book would be great.
I have a good background in physics, diffractive optics and light
propagation in the atmosphere, but are not familiar with optical design.
I would be grateful for any advice.
JC.

[Borgnino]

Post by rll
I recommend "Introduction to Lens Design with Practical Zemax Examples" by
Joseph M. Geary.
It provides a introduction to both optical design and Zemax and is the only
book I've found that specifically uses Zemax for lens design.
- Russ

Thanks to all of you for your references. This last one seems great but
I'll also try to find the others. Different explanations of the same
problem or concept worth more than one. (At least for me who can be a
bit slow).

JC.

[m***@gmail.com]

hello, i like to learning zemax

[Phil Hobbs]

Post by m***@gmail.com
hello, i like to learning zemax

So what's stopping you?

Cheers

Phil Hobbs