Optical Design Using Small Dedicated Computers

Douglas C. Sinclair

doi:10.1117/12.959063

16 September 1980 Optical Design Using Small Dedicated Computers

Douglas C. Sinclair

Proceedings Volume 0237, 1980 International Lens Design Conference; (1980) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.959063
Event: 1980 International Lens Design Conference, 1980, Oakland, United States

Abstract

Since the time of the 1975 International Lens Design Conference, we have developed a series of optical design programs for Hewlett-Packard desktop computers. The latest programs in the series, OSLO-25G and OSLO-45G, have most of the capabilities of general-purpose optical design programs, including optimization based on exact ray-trace data. The computational techniques used in the programs are similar to ones used in other programs, but the creative environment experienced by a designer working directly with these small dedicated systems is typically much different from that obtained with shared-computer systems. Some of the differences are due to the psychological factors associated with using a system having zero running cost, while others are due to the design of the program, which emphasizes graphical output and ease of use, as opposed to computational speed.

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Douglas C. Sinclair "Optical Design Using Small Dedicated Computers", Proc. SPIE 0237, 1980 International Lens Design Conference, (16 September 1980); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.959063

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