Macro usage for analyzing of a telescopic system aberrations in ZEMAX

Abstract

The experience of optical system aberration analysis using ZEMAX software demonstrates the necessity to acquire and combine data from different text windows such as windows of Longitudinal Aberration, Ray Fan, Field Curvature and Distortion, Lateral Colour etc. This routine operation takes much time and significantly slows down the design process. Moreover, an engineer should always remember about some features of data interpretation connected with different calculation algorithms in different optical schools. It instigated us to develop a macro that forms one-window aberration summary for afocal systems with proper data interpretation according to domestic optical scientific school.

Pupil aberrations correction of the afocal telescope for the TianQin project

“…Thompson's nodal aberration theory suggests that the misalignment of the system only affects the aberration nodal position [38][39][40]. The ZPL macro described in table 2 is used to calculate the wavefront aberration coefficient in the coaxial system, which partially characterizes the pupil aberration level [41,42]. Furthermore, the uncorrected pupil aberrations can be reflected in the locations where the chief ray crosses the pupil plane.…”