Design and evaluation of a confocal scanning microscope using off-of-shelf optical components by means of Zemax OpticStudio optical design software

About this project

References

Dereniak, E. L., and Dereniak, T. D. (2008). Geometrical and Trigonometric Optics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Zemax files

Download the different files for the ZEMAX confocal microscope
file.ZDA
file.ZMX

Funding

This research undergraduate experience is part of the NSF CAREER award (grant number 2042563).

Credits

The spectrometer is implemented using the Global Academic Program (e.g., free license for academia) of Zemax OpticStudio version 22.2.1.

Citation

If using this design for publication, please kindly cite the following: E. Costello, L. Hamilton, and A. Doblas, “Design and evaluation of a confocal scanning microscope using off-of-shelf optical components by means of Zemax OpticStudio optical design software,” QuaesitUM Undergraduate Research Journal, under review (2023).

Support or Contact

Undergraduate Students email
Ethan Costello rcstllo2@memphis.edu
Luke Hamilton lrhmltn1@memphis.edu
Professor email
Ana Doblas adoblas@memphis.edu