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name: zemax-optical-designer description: Zemax optical design skill for lens systems, imaging optics, and tolerancing analysis allowed-tools:

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• Grep metadata: specialization: physics domain: science category: optics-photonics phase: 6 graph: domains: [domain:physics] skillAreas: [skill-area:physics-simulation, skill-area:mathematical-reasoning, skill-area:sensor-fusion] workflows: [workflow:experiment-design, workflow:peer-review-cycle] roles: [role:research-engineer, role:computational-scientist]

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Zemax Optical Designer

Purpose

Provides expert guidance on Zemax optical design, including sequential ray tracing, tolerance analysis, and optical system optimization.

Capabilities

• Sequential ray tracing
• Non-sequential analysis
• Tolerance analysis
• MTF and PSF calculation
• Coating optimization
• Stray light analysis

Usage Guidelines

1. System Setup: Define optical surfaces and materials
2. Ray Tracing: Perform sequential and non-sequential analysis
3. Optimization: Optimize lens systems for performance
4. Tolerancing: Analyze manufacturing tolerances
5. Stray Light: Evaluate stray light and ghost reflections

Tools/Libraries

• Zemax OpticStudio
• Python ZOS-API