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Hi,
I found something really simple, just three lenses, two fixed sources, paraxial approximation only. But it might do the job for you:
http://www.ee.buffalo.edu/faculty/cartwright/flash/ray/MultiLensSys/
I'm sure there's lots of similar stuff somewhere, just google it...
Best,
zdenek
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Datum: 29. 7. 2014 22:58:06
Předmět: Re: optics simulator
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On 7/29/2014 12:32 AM, Zdenek Svindrych wrote:
> Hi Martin,
> Zemax has also a demo version, but it's an overkill as well. I have came across Beam Four (Stellar Software), it should be more user friendly, haven't tried personally. Also Wolfram Math has some nice projects, check e.g. http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/ConstructingASimpleOpticalSystem/
> Best, Zdenek Svindrych
Beam Four is still a bit more complicated than what I'm hoping for, but
it's more intuitive and may be useful. Thanks!
I'm surprised that apparently no one has made a simple graphically
driven program (--Beam Four relies on entering numerical data) that can
model ray-tracing with 2 or 3 optical elements. Something for teaching
optics, not designing optics.
Martin
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