Aerospace & Defense Optics

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Product Literature


TracePro for Aerospace and Defense Applications TracePro and OSLO are robust tools for designing and analyzing optical systems for aerospace and defense applications. Both TracePro and OSLO have been used to design and analyze many notable NASA optical systems, including the James Webb Space Telescope , the Mars Rover cameras, and the Terrestrial Planet Finder Coronagraph .




TracePro

TracePro is used to design baffles for suppressing stray light, for stray light analysis including stray light due to scattering, diffraction, ghost images, and self-emission of infrared and longer wavelength systems, to simulate polarization effects, and for many other aspects of optical system performance. Because of its versatility and generality, TracePro has been used to simulate optical systems operating at wavelengths ranging from the extreme ultraviolet, through the visible and infrared, and out to millimeter waves. Its easy-to-use interface makes it possible to easily "pick up" the program after a period working on other projects. Its strong interoperability with CAD software minimizes the setup time needed for accurate stray light analysis.

TracePro is used for:Cassegrain Telescope with rays traced
  • Stray light analysis and telescope baffle design
  • Ghost image analysis
  • Simulation of spectrometers and other multi-spectral system
  • Simulation of polarization effects, including birefringence
  • Thermal effects and loading
  • Narcissus effects
  • Diffraction analysis

Download and view the two page TracePro optical system brochure here.


OSLO

OSLO is used to design and optimize all types of telescopes Dual EFL Lens
and imaging systems, to analyze and tolerance segmented
mirror telescopes, and to analyze the performance of
interferometer systems. Its versatile choice of optimization
methods means you will converge on an optimal design much more quickly. OSLO is customizable, meaning that you can program your own custom analysis functions and integrate them into OSLO's open-architecture user interface.