Zemax
Zemax senior optical engineer Zach Derocher will introduce TrueFreeForm, a grid-based surface optimisation of freeform surfaces in optical design
Zemax
Green light on lidar: developing low-cost systems for autonomous vehicles
25 February 2019
For driverless cars to see mainstream adoption, engineers must solve critical lidar design challenges including improving the detection range and field of view, ensuring adaptability to environmental factors, and ensuring safety. Today, engineering teams are debating the best design choices, with no clear winner. Who will win the race toward effective lidar manufactured at a low cost?
LensMechanix
23 October 2018
Zemax has announced the release of LensMechanix for Creo Parametric, which enables engineers to streamline optomechanical product design
Small is beautiful
1 October 2018
As optics get smaller, simulation software is having to turn to new techniques to model optical systems, as Barbara Stumpp finds out
OpticStudio 18.7
12 September 2018
Zemax has released OpticStudio 18.7, which continues to improve the overall usability of OpticStudio, a flexible, intuitive, and powerful modelling environment
Designing for Success
25 September 2017
The design of an optical system is just the beginning. The system must not only perform, but be designed and toleranced so it can be manufactured for a reasonable cost, as Mark Venables discovers
Zemax software now incorporates Edmund Optics product data
19 August 2011
The latest release of Zemax' ray-tracing optical-design framework gives optical system engineers access to over 4,000 lenses from Edmund Optics' stock lens catalogue, allowing simulation of actual system performance
