Sequential and nonsequential Zemax dynamic-link libraries for generating image slicer integral field units

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In astronomy, image slicer integral field units (IFUs) are often used in integral field spectrographs (IFSs) to simultaneously record spatial and spectral information. The majority of astronomical instruments, including IFSs, are designed using the Zemax OpticStudio optical design software. Modeling an image slicer IFU in Zemax traditionally requires using many separate configurations, which is slow, cannot accurately model diffraction, and can prevent one from fully describing their instrument within a single file. We present the implementation of sequential and nonsequential dynamic-link libraries (DLLs) that efficiently model image slicer IFUs with a known design. The parameters used to manipulate the surfaces are chosen to match fabrication processes. The DLLs identically reproduce natively transformed surfaces in Zemax and have also been used to replicate the design of SPECTRE, a facility spectrograph with a 36-slice image slicer for the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility. The DLLs also work in transmission and can be used in other applications that require modeling a nearly arbitrary grid of surfaces. In the future, this work may facilitate the creation of an optical design tool for IFUs that starts from basic system requirements.

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