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To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy Post images on http://www.imgur.com and include the link in your posting. ***** Can anyone recommend a simple freeware program that generates ray diagrams for lenses and mirrors? Something more flexible than the simulators on Microscopy U and places like that? Thanks! Martin Wessendorf -- Martin Wessendorf, Ph.D. office: (612) 626-0145 Assoc Prof, Dept Neuroscience lab: (612) 624-2991 University of Minnesota Preferred FAX: (612) 624-8118 6-145 Jackson Hall, 321 Church St. SE Dept Fax: (612) 626-5009 Minneapolis, MN 55455 e-mail: [hidden email] |
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To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy Post images on http://www.imgur.com and include the link in your posting. ***** Have you tried OSLO? They have an EDU free version. http://www.lambdares.com/oslo Cheers, Peng Xi Ph. D. Associate Professor Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering Peking University, Beijing, China Tel: +86 10-6276 7155 Email: [hidden email] http://bme.pku.edu.cn/~xipeng/ On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 6:31 PM, Martin Wessendorf <[hidden email]> wrote: > ***** > To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to: > http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy > Post images on http://www.imgur.com and include the link in your posting. > ***** > > Can anyone recommend a simple freeware program that generates ray diagrams > for lenses and mirrors? Something more flexible than the simulators on > Microscopy U and places like that? > > Thanks! > > Martin Wessendorf > > -- > Martin Wessendorf, Ph.D. office: (612) 626-0145 > Assoc Prof, Dept Neuroscience lab: (612) 624-2991 > University of Minnesota Preferred FAX: (612) 624-8118 > 6-145 Jackson Hall, 321 Church St. SE Dept Fax: (612) 626-5009 > Minneapolis, MN 55455 e-mail: [hidden email] > |
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To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy Post images on http://www.imgur.com and include the link in your posting. ***** On 7/28/2014 6:16 PM, Peng Xi wrote: > Have you tried OSLO? They have an EDU free version. > http://www.lambdares.com/oslo Thanks! --I've seen it but am hoping to find something more basic--something useful for teaching basic optics to people with weak physics backgrounds. Ideally it'd be simple but still flexible enough to allow students to be creative and combine different optical element together. Martin > On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 6:31 PM, Martin Wessendorf <[hidden email]> wrote: >> Can anyone recommend a simple freeware program that generates ray diagrams >> for lenses and mirrors? Something more flexible than the simulators on >> Microscopy U and places like that? >> >> Thanks! >> >> Martin Wessendorf -- Martin Wessendorf, Ph.D. office: (612) 626-0145 Assoc Prof, Dept Neuroscience lab: (612) 624-2991 University of Minnesota Preferred FAX: (612) 624-8118 6-145 Jackson Hall, 321 Church St. SE Dept Fax: (612) 626-5009 Minneapolis, MN 55455 e-mail: [hidden email] |
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To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy Post images on http://www.imgur.com and include the link in your posting. ***** Hi Martin, Zemax has also a demo version, but it's an overkill as well. I have came across Beam Four (Stellar Software), it should be more user friendly, haven't tried personally. Also Wolfram Math has some nice projects, check e.g. http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/ConstructingASimpleOpticalSystem/ Best, Zdenek Svindrych ---------- Původní zpráva ---------- Od: Martin Wessendorf Komu: [hidden email] Datum: 29. 7. 2014 4:32:44 Předmět: Re: optics simulator ***** To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy Post images on http://www.imgur.com and include the link in your posting. ***** On 7/28/2014 6:16 PM, Peng Xi wrote: > Have you tried OSLO? They have an EDU free version. > http://www.lambdares.com/oslo Thanks! --I've seen it but am hoping to find something more basic--something useful for teaching basic optics to people with weak physics backgrounds. Ideally it'd be simple but still flexible enough to allow students to be creative and combine different optical element together. Martin > On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 6:31 PM, Martin Wessendorf wrote: >> Can anyone recommend a simple freeware program that generates ray diagrams >> for lenses and mirrors? Something more flexible than the simulators on >> Microscopy U and places like that? >> >> Thanks! >> >> Martin Wessendorf -- Martin Wessendorf, Ph.D. office: (612) 626-0145 Assoc Prof, Dept Neuroscience lab: (612) 624-2991 University of Minnesota Preferred FAX: (612) 624-8118 6-145 Jackson Hall, 321 Church St. SE Dept Fax: (612) 626-5009 Minneapolis, MN 55455 e-mail: [hidden email] |
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To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy Post images on http://www.imgur.com and include the link in your posting. ***** Martin- There is a program called Zap-It, which I have used with high school students. It is played like a game, so the students seem to like it. Carol Heckman ________________________________________ From: Confocal Microscopy List <[hidden email]> on behalf of Zdenek Svindrych <[hidden email]> Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2014 1:32 AM To: [hidden email] Subject: Re: optics simulator ***** To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy Post images on http://www.imgur.com and include the link in your posting. ***** Hi Martin, Zemax has also a demo version, but it's an overkill as well. I have came across Beam Four (Stellar Software), it should be more user friendly, haven't tried personally. Also Wolfram Math has some nice projects, check e.g. http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/ConstructingASimpleOpticalSystem/ Best, Zdenek Svindrych ---------- Původní zpráva ---------- Od: Martin Wessendorf Komu: [hidden email] Datum: 29. 7. 2014 4:32:44 Předmět: Re: optics simulator ***** To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy Post images on http://www.imgur.com and include the link in your posting. ***** On 7/28/2014 6:16 PM, Peng Xi wrote: > Have you tried OSLO? They have an EDU free version. > http://www.lambdares.com/oslo Thanks! --I've seen it but am hoping to find something more basic--something useful for teaching basic optics to people with weak physics backgrounds. Ideally it'd be simple but still flexible enough to allow students to be creative and combine different optical element together. Martin > On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 6:31 PM, Martin Wessendorf wrote: >> Can anyone recommend a simple freeware program that generates ray diagrams >> for lenses and mirrors? Something more flexible than the simulators on >> Microscopy U and places like that? >> >> Thanks! >> >> Martin Wessendorf -- Martin Wessendorf, Ph.D. office: (612) 626-0145 Assoc Prof, Dept Neuroscience lab: (612) 624-2991 University of Minnesota Preferred FAX: (612) 624-8118 6-145 Jackson Hall, 321 Church St. SE Dept Fax: (612) 626-5009 Minneapolis, MN 55455 e-mail: [hidden email] |
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To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy Post images on http://www.imgur.com and include the link in your posting. ***** We use the following laser kit for everything from elementary school demos to graduate courses, and it has proven to be quite the workhorse. Another thing I did with this kit for middle-high school aged kids was to make an optics obstacle course, which proved highly popular. You can show everything from how lenses work, to making zoom optics, total internal reflection, optical aberrations, etc. http://www.arborsci.com/laser-ray-box-and-lenses Cheers, Ben Smith Benjamin E. Smith, Ph.D. Samuel Roberts Noble Microscopy Laboratory Research Scientist, Confocal Facility Manager University of Oklahoma Norman, OK 73019 E-mail: [hidden email] Voice 405-325-4391 FAX 405-325-7619 http://www.microscopy.ou.edu/ ________________________________________ From: Confocal Microscopy List [[hidden email]] on behalf of Martin Wessendorf [[hidden email]] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2014 9:31 PM To: [hidden email] Subject: Re: optics simulator ***** To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy Post images on http://www.imgur.com and include the link in your posting. ***** On 7/28/2014 6:16 PM, Peng Xi wrote: > Have you tried OSLO? They have an EDU free version. > http://www.lambdares.com/oslo Thanks! --I've seen it but am hoping to find something more basic--something useful for teaching basic optics to people with weak physics backgrounds. Ideally it'd be simple but still flexible enough to allow students to be creative and combine different optical element together. Martin > On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 6:31 PM, Martin Wessendorf <[hidden email]> wrote: >> Can anyone recommend a simple freeware program that generates ray diagrams >> for lenses and mirrors? Something more flexible than the simulators on >> Microscopy U and places like that? >> >> Thanks! >> >> Martin Wessendorf -- Martin Wessendorf, Ph.D. office: (612) 626-0145 Assoc Prof, Dept Neuroscience lab: (612) 624-2991 University of Minnesota Preferred FAX: (612) 624-8118 6-145 Jackson Hall, 321 Church St. SE Dept Fax: (612) 626-5009 Minneapolis, MN 55455 e-mail: [hidden email] |
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To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy Post images on http://www.imgur.com and include the link in your posting. ***** Carol, Do you have the URL for this program? Thanks. Phil On 07/29/2014 10:29 , Carol Heckman wrote: > ***** > To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to: > http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy > Post images on http://www.imgur.com and include the link in your posting. > ***** > > Martin- > There is a program called Zap-It, which I have used with high school students. It is played like a game, so the students seem to like it. > Carol Heckman > ________________________________________ > From: Confocal Microscopy List<[hidden email]> on behalf of Zdenek Svindrych<[hidden email]> > Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2014 1:32 AM > To: [hidden email] > Subject: Re: optics simulator > > ***** > To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to: > http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy > Post images on http://www.imgur.com and include the link in your posting. > ***** > > Hi Martin, > Zemax has also a demo version, but it's an overkill as well. I have came across Beam Four (Stellar Software), it should be more user friendly, haven't tried personally. Also Wolfram Math has some nice projects, check e.g. http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/ConstructingASimpleOpticalSystem/ > Best, Zdenek Svindrych > > ---------- Původní zpráva ---------- > Od: Martin Wessendorf > Komu: [hidden email] > Datum: 29. 7. 2014 4:32:44 > Předmět: Re: optics simulator > > ***** > To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to: > http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy > Post images on http://www.imgur.com and include the link in your posting. > ***** > > On 7/28/2014 6:16 PM, Peng Xi wrote: >> Have you tried OSLO? They have an EDU free version. >> http://www.lambdares.com/oslo > Thanks! --I've seen it but am hoping to find something more > basic--something useful for teaching basic optics to people with weak > physics backgrounds. Ideally it'd be simple but still flexible enough > to allow students to be creative and combine different optical element > together. > > Martin >> On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 6:31 PM, Martin Wessendorf wrote: >>> Can anyone recommend a simple freeware program that generates ray diagrams >>> for lenses and mirrors? Something more flexible than the simulators on >>> Microscopy U and places like that? >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> Martin Wessendorf > > -- > Martin Wessendorf, Ph.D. office: (612) 626-0145 > Assoc Prof, Dept Neuroscience lab: (612) 624-2991 > University of Minnesota Preferred FAX: (612) 624-8118 > 6-145 Jackson Hall, 321 Church St. SE Dept Fax: (612) 626-5009 > Minneapolis, MN 55455 e-mail: [hidden email] > -- Philip Oshel Microscopy Facility Supervisor Biology Department 024C Brooks Hall Central Michigan University Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859 (989) 774-3576 |
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To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy Post images on http://www.imgur.com and include the link in your posting. ***** On 7/29/2014 12:32 AM, Zdenek Svindrych wrote: > Hi Martin, > Zemax has also a demo version, but it's an overkill as well. I have came across Beam Four (Stellar Software), it should be more user friendly, haven't tried personally. Also Wolfram Math has some nice projects, check e.g. http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/ConstructingASimpleOpticalSystem/ > Best, Zdenek Svindrych Beam Four is still a bit more complicated than what I'm hoping for, but it's more intuitive and may be useful. Thanks! I'm surprised that apparently no one has made a simple graphically driven program (--Beam Four relies on entering numerical data) that can model ray-tracing with 2 or 3 optical elements. Something for teaching optics, not designing optics. Martin -- Martin Wessendorf, Ph.D. office: (612) 626-0145 Assoc Prof, Dept Neuroscience lab: (612) 624-2991 University of Minnesota Preferred FAX: (612) 624-8118 6-145 Jackson Hall, 321 Church St. SE Dept Fax: (612) 626-5009 Minneapolis, MN 55455 e-mail: [hidden email] |
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To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy Post images on http://www.imgur.com and include the link in your posting. ***** Hi, I found something really simple, just three lenses, two fixed sources, paraxial approximation only. But it might do the job for you: http://www.ee.buffalo.edu/faculty/cartwright/flash/ray/MultiLensSys/ I'm sure there's lots of similar stuff somewhere, just google it... Best, zdenek ---------- Původní zpráva ---------- Od: Martin Wessendorf Komu: [hidden email] Datum: 29. 7. 2014 22:58:06 Předmět: Re: optics simulator ***** To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy Post images on http://www.imgur.com and include the link in your posting. ***** On 7/29/2014 12:32 AM, Zdenek Svindrych wrote: > Hi Martin, > Zemax has also a demo version, but it's an overkill as well. I have came across Beam Four (Stellar Software), it should be more user friendly, haven't tried personally. Also Wolfram Math has some nice projects, check e.g. http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/ConstructingASimpleOpticalSystem/ > Best, Zdenek Svindrych Beam Four is still a bit more complicated than what I'm hoping for, but it's more intuitive and may be useful. Thanks! I'm surprised that apparently no one has made a simple graphically driven program (--Beam Four relies on entering numerical data) that can model ray-tracing with 2 or 3 optical elements. Something for teaching optics, not designing optics. Martin -- Martin Wessendorf, Ph.D. office: (612) 626-0145 Assoc Prof, Dept Neuroscience lab: (612) 624-2991 University of Minnesota Preferred FAX: (612) 624-8118 6-145 Jackson Hall, 321 Church St. SE Dept Fax: (612) 626-5009 Minneapolis, MN 55455 e-mail: [hidden email] |
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To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy Post images on http://www.imgur.com and include the link in your posting. ***** Thanks to all those who responded, both on-list and off-list. -- For anyone interested in this subject, there's a very intuitive, reasonably powerful open-source Java program available called OpticalRayTracer: http://arachnoid.com/OpticalRayTracer/ It doesn't simulate mirrors--only lenses--but it has some nice features. For instance, under "help", they describe a Dispersion Experiment that sets up a simulation of an achromat lens--VERY cool. Looks as if the program could be a good resource for teaching. Martin On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 6:31 PM, Martin Wessendorf wrote: > Can anyone recommend a simple freeware program that generates ray diagrams > for lenses and mirrors? Something more flexible than the simulators on > Microscopy U and places like that? > > Thanks! > > Martin Wessendorf -- Martin Wessendorf, Ph.D. office: (612) 626-0145 Assoc Prof, Dept Neuroscience lab: (612) 624-2991 University of Minnesota Preferred FAX: (612) 624-8118 6-145 Jackson Hall, 321 Church St. SE Dept Fax: (612) 626-5009 Minneapolis, MN 55455 e-mail: [hidden email] |
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