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ATM Optical Design and Analysis Software

written by Massimo Riccardi

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Version 8.0 (July 2007)

(ATMOS8)


ATMOS History

ATMOS Optical Design and Analysis Software is the creation of Massimo Riccardi, an Italian advanced Amateur Telescope Maker and designer. Mr. Riccardi has considerable experience with telescope designing and glassworking: Doublets, Triplets, Catadioptrics, etc. Several years ago, after mastering his optical knowledge, he felt the need for a program capable of producing SpotDiagrams for many wavelengths at the same time. So, just for fun, he tried to write a routine capable of producing such polychromatic Spotdiagrams using the only programming language he knew: QBASIC.

He succeeded and, as often happens, he felt the need to improve it again by adding several analysis routines. Thus, the first version of "ATMOS" (Amateur Telescope Maker Optical design and analysis Software) was born. At that time it was for personal use only.

Then, dissatisfied with DOS & QBASIC capabilities, he chose a programming language that ran under MS-WINDOWS. In this way he could get not only a better looking program, but most of all, a user-friendly interface with many windows, buttons and textboxes where the user could type the data or display the results. He rewrote ATMOS in Visual Basic and added many more analysis routines and useful telescope design tools.

ATMOS now is a powerful program with a user-friendly interface that allows the user to Analyze, Design and OPTIMIZE Centered/Uncentered optical systems and it is avalaible at a very affordable price. Atmos is appreciated by amateurs and professional users and is under continuous developement.

The current ATMOS version supports up to 100 surfaces and Obscuration Screens. It includes a powerful routine for Optimization, adjustable Aperture Stop position and supports both Finite/Infinte Object Distance. It also displays improved 2D, 3D-Layouts .

Mr. Riccardi wishes to thank :
  • Rick Blakley for his patience in testing my software
  • Ivan Krastev, author of MODAS optical software for the common work and suggestions exchanged over the last years
  • Fritz Blechinger, a professional designer, author of OpTalix optical software
  • Cor Berrevoets author of ABERRATOR
  • Jim Klein author of ODP optical design software for his help and encouragement
  • ROLAND CHRISTEN the owner of "Astro-Physics"


    - ATMOS 8.0 Features

    ATMOS 8.0 incorporates a wide range of features:

    Systems
    Number of Surfaces
    Surface Types

    Number of waveLengths
    Number of rays
    Object Distance
    Aperture Stop

    		 . . Centered and Uncentered
    . . up to 100 + focal plane
    . . Spheres,Conics ,High-Orders,
    Obscuration Screens
    . . up to 6
    . . up to 30000
    . . Finite/Infinity
    . . Adjustable position

    ANALYSIS (graphical and/or tabular)

    • New! Multi-Analysis Plot
    • Polychromatic Detailed SpotDiagrams
    • Multi-SpotDiagrams (through focus/field)
    • Matrix SpotDiagrams
    • Total Field SpotDiagrams
    • RMS spot radius Versus: Focus,Field,WaveLength
    • New! RMS Wave-front Versus: Focus,Field,WaveLength
    • New! STREHL ratio Versus: Focus,Field,WaveLength
    • New! Geometric Encircled Energy Plot
    • New! Diffraction Encircled Energy Plot
    • 3D-Geometric Point Spread Function
    • 3D-Diffraction Point Spread Function
    • Geometric MTF
    • Geometric through focus MTF
    • Diffraction MTF
    • Diffraction through focus MTF
    • Ray-Intercept Curves
    • OPD Fan Plot
    • 3D-Wavefront Surface
    • Wavefront Map
    • New! Zernike Analysis
    • New! Ronchigram
    • Simulated color diffraction image
    • Interferogram
    • Spherical Aberration
    • Coma (OSC)
    • Astigmatism, Field Curvature
    • Distortion
    • Lateral Color
    • Chromatic Focal Shift
    • Real Rays
    • Paraxial Calculation
    • Vignetting Plot
    • 2-D LAYOUT
    • 3-D LAYOUT


    TOOLS

    • OPTIMIZATION (curvatures,thicknesses and conics)
    • Best Focus Position
    • Scale system to a new focal length
    • Scale system by factor
    • Sagitta table
    • Aberration Allowances
    • Lens Volume computation
    • System Data Report
    • Schott glass catalogue (built in)
    • Ohara glass catalogue (built in)
    • Corning glass catalogue (built in)
    • Hoya glass catalogue (built in)
    • LZOS (russian) glass catalogue (built in)
    • Special Medium catalogue (Fluorite plus several plastic materials)
    • Shott ,Ohara,Corning,Hoya ,Lzos and Special medium dispersion diagrams
    • Create and Export .OPD files to ABERRATOR package


    TELESCOPE DESIGN Capability

    One of the most useful and pleasant tool for the ATM is the "Telescope Design" Menu.
    You can easily and quickly design and then analyze about 30 optical configurations:
    • Newtonian
    • Two Mirrors (All Cassegrain types, all Richey-Chretiens, all Gregoryan types,Couder-Schwarzschield)
    • Schmidt and Wright cameras
    • Schmidt Cassegrain (compact and no-compact Schmidt-Cass. types, Monocentric Schmidt-Cass.)
    • Maksutov (new design window)
    • Maksutov-Cassegrain (new design window)
    • Lurie-Houghton (all-spherical and aspherical types)
    • Houghton-Cassegrain (all-spherical and aspherical types)
    • Doublets
    • Triplets



    - ATMOS 8.0 ANALYSIS SLIDES

    The following are some screen shots taken from ATMOS.

    -LENS DATA EDITOR     - New to v.8.0 - Improved Layout and Toolbar!

    Dati


    -MULTI-ANALYSIS Plot     - New to v.8.0



    -MATRIX Spot-Diagam

    SpotDiagram


    -Polichromatic MULTI-SPOTDIAGRAM (through Focus/Field)

    MultiSpotDiagram



    -Ray-Intercept Curves

    RayIntercept

    -STREHL Ratio versus Wavelength - New to v.8.0


    -Geometric POINT SPREAD FUNCTION (3D rotation)

    GeoPSF



    -Diffraction POINT SPREAD FUNCTION (FFT method))

    DiffPSF



    -Simulated Color Diffraction Image

    visualSim



    -WAVEFRONT (3D rotation)

    Wavefront



    -Interferogram

    Interferogram



    -RONCHIGRAM     - New to v.8.0


    -Through focus MTF (Modulation Transfer Function)

    MTF



    -Longitudinal,Transversal SPHERICAL ABERRATION and COMA (Offense against the Sine Condition)

    SpherAb



    -OPTIMIZATION window     - New to v.8.0 - Improved Tabbed Window

    Optimization



    - New from v. 7.5 - 2D and 3D LAYOUTS

    2DLayout


    3DLayout


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    - ATMOS TELESCOPE DESIGN SLIDES


    Here are some screen shots from the "Telescope Design" Menu':

    - MAKSUTOV-CASSEGRAIN DESIGN WINDOW

    MakCassegrain



    -TRIPLET DESIGN WINDOW

    Triplet



    -SCHMIDT-CASSEGRAIN DESIGN WINDOW

    Schmidt-Cassegrain


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    System Requirements

    Minimum hardware requirements:
    - Pentium II 600 MHz,
    - 128 MByte RAM,
    - 30 MByte available on hard disc,
    - Windows NT/2000/XP operating systems preferred (also working on Windows 95/98),
    - 1024 x 768 pixel monitor resolution or higher are preferred.

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    - Download ATMOS Demo


    This is the full function program, but has been limited to just 3 optical surfaces (except for the sample files). You can design and analyze Newtonian and classical two mirror telescopes with this version. This demo will introduce you to the ATMOS interface and give you a feel for the features of the program Obviously,it cannot do everything the real program can.
    ATMOS FREEWARE comes with 36 sample files, and you can load up and analyze any of them.

    Download the following file:

    - ATMOS FreeWare - (about 3 MB)

    After downloading "Atmos Freeware.zip" , unzip it then double-click on "setup.exe" for ATMOS self-installation.

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    - ORDER

    PLEASE NOTE: All customers who are residents of the European Union must order this software directly from the author. Astro-Physics will NOT accept orders from anyone in an EU country. Likewise, all customers outside of the European Union must order this software through Astro-Physics. Mr. Riccardi will not accept orders from customers outside of the EU. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.

    EU Customers: http--www.atmos-software.it

    PLEASE NOTE: This program comes on a CD ROM. Original purchasers of ATMOS v. 8.x will be entitled to free minor upgrades (for example: 8.0 to 8.1) for a period of one year from their original date of purchase. Major version changes (for example: 8.0 to 9.0) will be sold at a reduced price to original customers who have purchased their software within the prior year. Customers who purchased ATMOS v. 7.5 from Astro-Physics during the period July 2006 to July 2007 may upgrade to ATMOS v. 8.0 at a reduced rate of $110. Please call Astro-Physics to order.

    ATMOS 8.0 - A perfect way to pass the time (and learn something about optics) on those cold dreary rainy nights.

    If you have purchased ATMOS, you will need to register it to receive software updates.
    Please click here to enter the ATMOS Registration System

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    - Contact Info

    Massimo Riccardi's contact iformation is available on his ATMOS website:

    http://www.atmos-software.it

    ASTRO-PHYSICS Contact Page

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    Neither Astro-Physics, Inc. nor Massimo Riccardi is responsible for any damages during or after the use of ATMOS or AtmosFringe software.


    Last update July, 2007
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