OSLO Rev. 6.1 Technical Data

All versions of OSLO use the same basic algorithms and user interface. Each program is a super-set of the smaller versions. The differences concern the inclusion of advanced features.

OSLO EDU and OSLO Light contain basic features:

• Basic surface types, including conics, toroids, aspheres, Zernike, gradient index, diffractive surfaces
• Surface descriptions in global or local coordinates
• Catalog lens database and common glass catalogs
• 3D shaded, 3D wire frame, 2D plan, and ISO 10110 element drawings
• Basic evaluation including aberration analysis, ray tracing, spot diagrams, MTF and PSF, Gaussian beam and fiber coupling efficiency calculations
• Basic optimization using the GENII or a user-defined error function with up to 50 operands
• CCL programming and menu customization
• Complete user-interface, including graphic sliders, mouse wheel support, custom window tiling, and status bar.
• On-line documentation

OSLO Standard is designed for routine design work:

• Unlimited number of surfaces
• Evaluation and optimization of basic zoom systems
• Full optimization using OSLO, GENII, or user-defined error functions with unlimited operands
• Tolerancing using user-defined operands or change-table sensitivity
• Source modeling and analysis

OSLO Premium is intended for advanced design work, and for users who want the most advanced capabilities:

• Non-sequential ray trace of surfaces or element groups
• Regular or tabular arrays
• Polarization and birefringent ray trace
• Global optimization using either stochastic or chaotic methods
• Fast MTF and Monte-Carlo tolerancing
• User-defined surfaces, gradients, or ray trace
• Interferogram files import
• Advanced CCL library including Windows DLL interface for fastest execution