LensLabEntry-Level Ray-Tracing Package for Mathematica
Here are some of LensLab's many predefined elements, which can readily be user-supplemented: Key Features
Donald Barnhart has been developing optical design and analysis software in Mathematica since 1991. In 1994, working on his master's degree, he developed the world's first successful holographic instrument to measure three-dimensional velocity fields in fluids. He completed his Ph.D. in 2001 at Loughborough University in England. Product Support LensLab is developed and supported by Dr. Donald Barnhart. Dr. Donald Barnhart Optica Software Division of I-Cyt Mission Technology 2100 South Oak Street Champaign IL 61820 USA phone: +1-217-328-9847 email: support@opticasoftware.com web: http://www.opticasoftware.com LensLab requires Mathematica 4.2 or higher and is compatible with all supported Mathematica platforms. |
LensLab is a language extension of Mathematica for ray tracing, rendering, and analysis of simple and complex optical systems. Brought to you by the team that created Optica, LensLab lets you define lenses, mirrors, prisms, cavities, ring cavities, Fresnel mirrors and lenses, lens doublets and triplets, pin holes, gratings, pipes, liquid-air interfaces, slits, optical fibers, lasers, amplifiers, beam splitters, screens, baffles, and paraxial components. Regardless of their form, all components can have rectangular, circular, elliptical, or arbitrary polygonal edges. In addition to LensLab's built-in library of lenses, mirrors, prisms, and gratings, new components can be created and existing ones modified with its component-structuring language.