OPTICS 1 works with every customer as a
partner from the initial concept phase through detailed design
tradeoffs and optimization, to prototype manufacturing, and ultimately
production, delivery and after sales support.
We take pride in developing solutions that meet or exceed customer expectations.
The beginning of good lens design starts with an experienced designer and a broad
knowledge of previous designs. Such a designer usually has a broad
knowledge of existing designs that would allow them to rapidly
decide on the starting point for a design that would satisfy the
requirements. Beginning with a previous design that solves the
optical problem is a good starting point. These designs can come
from technical literature, existing optical products, or optical
design software.
Once an initial starting point for the design is determined, most of
the rest of the work is tweaking the design to optimize it for the
specific application. Most of this work is done through specialized
raytracing and optical software. The design is placed in a raytracing
program and optimized by allowing different elements of the design to
vary while measuring the performance of the changes. This is a highly
iterative process and although computers do most of the grunt work, it
takes a skilled hand to make sure the program has the proper
constraints to guide the design in the desired direction.
