3 Tutorial

This section contains some commented example of applications and codes which use the Goptical library to model optical systems.

• 3.1 A simple refractor design
  • 3.1.1 Building the optical system
  • 3.1.2 Performing light propagation
  • 3.1.3 Rendering optical layout and rays
  • 3.1.4 Performing a ray fan analysis
• 3.2 A photo lens design
  • 3.2.1 Using the Lens component
  • 3.2.2 Adding multiple light sources
  • 3.2.3 Plotting spot diagram
  • 3.2.4 Plotting ray fans
• 3.3 System hierarchy and groups
  • 3.3.1 The Lens component
  • 3.3.2 A newton telescope with corrector
• 3.4 A parameterizable segmented mirror model
  • 3.4.1 Writing the component model class
  • 3.4.2 Using the model in Ritchey-Chretien design
• 3.5 A custom surface curve model
  • 3.5.1 Writing the curve model class
  • 3.5.2 Using the new model in optical design