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Advanced Topics in CODE V
March 21-25, 2011
Pasadena, California
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SPIE Optifab
May 9-12, 2011
Rochester, NY
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CODE V User Group Meetings
Select dates in June 2011
Pasadena, Mountain View, CA; Rochester, NY
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SPIE Optics and Photonics
August 21-25, 2011
San Diego, CA
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Introduction to CODE V
September 12-16, 2011
Pasadena, California
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Advanced Topics in CODE V
September 19-23, 2011
Pasadena, California
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CODE V 10.3 Features Enhanced Support for Aspheric Lens Design

CODE V version 10.3 is now available for download.  This major update to CODE V  includes new design and analysis capabilities that enable optical designers to more easily take advantage of the unique image quality and cost benefits that aspheric surfaces offer.  CODE V 10.3 includes:

• Support for Q-type Aspheric Surfaces based on mathematical formulations recently published by Dr. G.W. Forbes of QED Technologies. These Q-type aspheric surfaces offer many advantages over traditional polynomial-based aspheres for lens design optimization and tolerancing. For example, the Q-type surfaces can be more easily constrained during optimization to improve manufacturability and reduce cost. In addition, CODE V’s fast wavefront differential tolerancing feature supports tolerancing on Q-type polynomial coefficients, which is useful for evaluating system performance and manufacturability.  View the video
  
• Enhanced Surface Conversion Capabilities make it easy to switch back and forth between the Q-type formulations and traditional aspheric surface representations. This allows designers to harness the power of the new formulations while maintaining compatibility with established fabrication processes.
• Asphere Expert Tool saves users time and effort by automatically finding optimal asphere locations in the lens system. The tool uses a unique, highly efficient algorithm that takes into account both aspheric slope departure limits and weighted constraints when computing recommended aspheric surface locations. Users have the option to convert selected surfaces to aspheres and optimize the resulting system for best final performance.  View the video
  


• Built-in Aspheric Constraints for Design Optimization allow users to directly control the sag or slope variations of Q-type aspheres to maintain manufacturability of the lens system. For example, these constraints give users the ability to prevent the production of designs where the sag of the aspheric parts is too large for interferometric testing, and to ensure that designs do not require removal of an excessive amount of material during polishing phases. In addition, a new macro function allows aspheric surfaces to be evaluated and optimized for testability using ZYGO’s VeriFire Asphere interferometer metrology system.   View the video
• Additional Enhancements in CODE V 10.3 include:
• Support of Fringe Zernike Polynomial-Based Surfaces
• User-selectable surface iterator algorithms (Standard, Fast, and Robust) for more control over the efficiency of ray tracing in CODE V.
• Updated glass catalog including updates from CDGM, Hiraki, Hoy, Ohara, and Schott.

Additional information on these and other enhancements included in CODE V 10.3 are included in the CODE V 10.3 Release Notes. If you did not receive the download notification and would like to receive it, please email us at support@opticalres.com.