matlab-model-optics

Use zmximport to load a .zmx file into an opticalSystem object, for example opsys = zmximport("CookeTriplet.zmx"). The Optical Design and Simulation Library also ships sample .zmx files in the opticsdata support package folder for common systems like Cooke triplets and doublets.

Create an opticalSystem, then iterate over table rows calling addRefractiveSurface for lens surfaces, addDiaphragm for stops, and addImagePlane for the image plane, using each row's thickness as DistanceToNext. Afterwards call updateSemiDiameters with the field of view to size all surfaces.

Yes. Define coating materials with pickCoatingMaterial, pack layer thicknesses into a vector, write a merit function evaluating fresnelCoefficients against spectral band goals, and run a bounded optimizer such as lsqnonlin. The skill's references provide templates for AR coatings, bandpass, and longpass filters.

No. The library covers geometric optics: ray tracing, paraxial analysis, coatings, tolerancing, and optimization. It does not handle wave optics phenomena like diffraction, interference, or coherence, nor fiber optics and photonics.

Yes, by calling the optics function from a MATLAB Function block with coder.extrinsic, since the library does not support code generation. Create the opticalSystem once using a persistent variable, update parameters from Simulink inputs each timestep, and return computed outputs like RMS spot size.

Run a Monte Carlo analysis: perturb layer thicknesses and refractive indices with material-specific Gaussian sigmas, evaluate each sample with fresnelCoefficients against a pass/fail criterion, and compute the pass rate. Use parfor for the independent trials and 400 or more trials for reliable yield estimates.