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[arezoo.tahmasebi]

Hi everyone,

 

I'm looking to print a free-from lens using Laser Glass Deposition on a fused silica substrate. The plan is to print a lens with two different radii of curvature in the x and y directions to see how it affects a circular beam profile (think of it as a plano-convex lens with two different radii of curvature in x and y direction). I'm thinking of simulating this lens in Zemax sequential mode and then optimising the two radii of curvatures to get the desired beam profile.

I'm trying to decide which surface type to use for my lens curved surface: biconic surface, Zernik standard sag surface, or extended polynomial surface. Does anyone know which is best? I don't have a lot of experience with these surface types, so I tried to get some detailed info on the Zemax help documentation, but it was pretty complicated for me as a beginner. Thanks in advance for any help! :)

[Niki Papachristou]

Hi Arezoo,

Thank you for reaching out to us! Regarding your question, you mentioned that you checked our help files but may I also ask you whether you have checked our online documentation? We have a whole section about Sequential Surfaces, where you can find a lot of infrmation. Let me know if that is helpful or if you have a specific question on any type of surfaces in ZOS.

Kind Regards,

Niki