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How To Integrate A Diffractive Axicon Lens Into An Optical System in ZEMAX

This document provides instructions for modeling a diffractive axicon lens in ZEMAX optical design software. It includes an example of modeling the HOLO/OR DA-039 axicon lens. The key steps are to 1) define a radial grating surface, 2) set the diffraction order and maximum term number parameters, 3) calculate the period size using HOLO/OR's beam splitter calculator based on the axicon's ring angle, and 4) input the period size parameter. Standard ZEMAX analysis tools can then be used to analyze the modeled axicon lens.

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How To Integrate A Diffractive Axicon Lens Into An Optical System in ZEMAX

This document provides instructions for modeling a diffractive axicon lens in ZEMAX optical design software. It includes an example of modeling the HOLO/OR DA-039 axicon lens. The key steps are to 1) define a radial grating surface, 2) set the diffraction order and maximum term number parameters, 3) calculate the period size using HOLO/OR's beam splitter calculator based on the axicon's ring angle, and 4) input the period size parameter. Standard ZEMAX analysis tools can then be used to analyze the modeled axicon lens.

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How to integrate a Diffractive Axicon Lens into an optical

system in ZEMAX

Written by HOLO/OR Ltd.

January 2018
Content
1. Introduction – Preliminary reading
2. Design example based on a specific product ( DA-039)
2.1. DA-039 specifications table
2.2. Modeling of Axicon Lens in Sequential mode
3. Summary
4. Files example for download
1. Preliminary reading
1. HOLO/OR’s application note for Axicon Lens:
https://www.holoor.co.il/application/diffractive-axicon-application-notes/
2. ZEMAX manual for Radial Grating surface

2. Design example based on DA-039-I-Y-A


2.1. Specifications table

2.2. Modeling of Axicon Lens in Sequential mode by steps


1. Input the general parameters of the simulation – aperture size, and wavelength
2. Input a Radial Grating surface and set the following parameters:
a. Define Diffraction Order (Par 0) value -1 for positive Axicon and +1 for negative Axicon
b. Set 1 in Maximum Term # (Par 13)
c. Calculate period size of Axicon using HOLO/OR calculator for Beam Splitter by setting the Full angle in the
calculator to be the Axicon Ring Angle, and Number of spots in the calculator to be 2.
d. Set period size in um in Coeff. On p^0 (Par 15). For example: period of 120um:

Period calculation example Parameters for Radial Grating Surface


3. Analysis methods
The analysis can be made by standard analysis tools for example Surface Phase, Spot Diagram, and Geometric
Image Analysis.

Screen examples from ZEMAX interface

4. Summary:
We show a method to model Diffractive Axicon Lenses in ZEMAX sequential mode

5. Examples file for download:


Example DA039

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