OptiScan How To’s
- 04/24/08 – How to load and start OptiScan
- 04/29/08 – How to use the message board
- 10/06/08 – Instructions for making a CGH pattern from startup with OptiScan V7.6
- 05/26/09 – FDTD Slit Design with OptiScan v7.7.0
- 05/26/09 – How to use ConicalRCWT with OptiScan v7.7.0
YouTube Tutorial Videos
100 – Introductory
- 101 – Startup OptiScan
- 102 – Open existing project
- 103 – Open new project
- 104 – Build objects
- 105 – Make links
- 106 – Make chain
- 107 – Run calculation
- 108 – Save Data
200 – Building a transmission grating and using piece-wise diffraction
(Assumes you have done series 101-106)
- 201 – Configure uniform source disk – Part 1
- 202 – Configure uniform source disk – Part 2
- 203 – Configure binary amplitude transmission grating – Part 1
- 204 – Configure binary amplitude transmission grating – Part 2
- 205 – Configure binary amplitude transmission grating – Part 3
- 206 – Configure propagate object
- 207 – Shift observation area
- 208 – Show rectangular observation area
- 209 – Make binary phase transmission grating
- 210 – Make blazed transmission grating
300 – Using the RCWT Calculator
400 – Using miscellaneous calculators
500 – Using Zemax with OptiScan
- 510 – The Chromatic Compensator DOE
- 511 – Building a simple convex-plano lens in Zemax
- 512 – Making the Sweatt glass description in Zemax
- 513 – Incorporating the DOE compensator and design
- 514 – Running the conversion between the Sweatt surface and a real DOE surface
600 – Using the DOE-CGH Calculator
- 601 – Binary amplitude Fresnel lens
- 601B – Saving the file
- 602 – Binary phase Fresnel lens
- 603 – Gray-scale diffractive Fresnel lens (DFL)
- 604 – Making a simple CGH using the Gerchberg-Saxton algorithm
- 605 – Using the Zernike surface (direct input of coefficients)
- 606 – Using the Zernike surface (loading coefficients from a file)
700 – The Optics Module
- 701