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• Optica3 installation notes
• Rayica and Optica GUI notes
• Rayica/Optica3 GUI patch info - how to update Java for Windows Vista

Examples with Optica3

• Manipulate examples converted to player format START
• View the Getting Started with Optica Guide! START

Tour of Rayica and Basic Optica 3 Features

• Graphical tour of examples in Rayica. START

Additional Features of Optica 3

• Graphical overview of Optica's additional features. START
  (Note that Optica 3 also contains the Rayica features given above.)

Rayica User Guide

• Basic user guide of Rayica. (pdf file) (html)
• Basic user guide of Wavica. (pdf file) (html)

LensLab User Guide

• Introduction
• Overview
• Chapter 1: Basic Features of LensLab
• Chapter 2: How LensLab Does Ray Tracing
• Chapter 3: Tour of Component Functions
• Chapter 4: Positioning Functions
• Chapter 5: Advanced Features of LensLab
• Chapter 6: Experimenting with LensLab
• Chapter 7: Designing with LensLab
• Chapter 8: The Anatomy of Ray
• Chapter 9: The Anatomy of Component
• Appendix: Reference Guide

Principles Of Rayica
The advanced user guide for Rayica:

• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Placement Directives
• Chapter 3: Ray Tracing in Detail
• Chapter 4: Customization
• Chapter 5: Data Handling in Rayica
• Chapter 6: Visualizing Your System
• Chapter 7: Working with CreateClones

Rayica Definitions Listing

• Alphabetical listing of all Rayica and basic Optica 3 definitions. START

Optica 3 Advanced Definitions Listing

• Alphabetical listing of all Optica 3's advanced definitions. START
  (Note that Optica 3 also uses the Rayica definitions given above.)

Example Library: GRIN lenses

• Overview of graded-index refraction. START

Advanced Topics: Notebook Downloads

• Advanced TurboTrace (zip file) (html)
• Hologram Example (zip file) (html)
• Pulse Compression Example (zip file) (html)
• Grating compressor ( contributed by Ingmar Hartl, IMRA) ( zip file of Mathematica notebook) (pdf file)
• Sun Model (contributed by Ben Jacobson, Illumitech, www.illumitech.com ) ( zip file of Mathematica notebook) (pdf file)
• Sun Model using GridOfRays and CustomDiffuser functions ( zip file of Mathematica notebook) (pdf file)
• Optical mediums ( zip file of Mathematica notebook) (pdf file)
• Arbitrary Precision Calculations (zip file) (html)
• Luneberg Lens ( Graded Index example) (zip file) (html)
• Optimization of Aspheric Components (zip file) (html)
• Optimization of curvature and conic constants of an asymmetric conic mirror zip file