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{SECT 0 {SECT 0 {PARA 3 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 45 "AESOP \226 An Extensible \+
Symbolic Optics Package" }}{SECT 0 {PARA 4 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 11 "Descri
ption" }}{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 478 "AESOP is a suite of Maple proce
dures which allows the modeling of simple optical systems suffering sm
all misalignment perturbations.  The analytic dependence of the output
 wavefront of a misaligned optical system on the misalignment paramete
rs allows one to develop a deeper insight into misalignment sensitivit
ies than can numerical studies alone.  AESOP is best used in concert w
ith numerical misalignment studies, since the two methods are independ
ent checks on each other.  " }}{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 245 "A detaile
d overview of AESOP is given in a paper to be published in the MapleTe
ch special issue on the use of Maple in the physical sciences (appeari
ng in 1997).  The Maple worksheet on which the paper is based is avail
able as a Maple help file " }{HYPERLNK 17 "here" 2 "AESOP,MapleTech" "
" }{TEXT -1 25 ".  The AESOP web site is " }{TEXT 257 35 "http://riema
nn.usno.navy.mil/AESOP/" }{TEXT -1 1 "." }}}{SECT 0 {PARA 4 "" 0 "" 
{TEXT -1 16 "AESOP Procedures" }}{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 34 "Note: th
is is not a complete list." }}{PARA 15 "" 0 "" {HYPERLNK 17 "beam_inte
rsect" 2 "AESOP,beam_intersect" "" }{TEXT 256 165 "( inputbeam, surfac
e, coordframe, small_params1, order1,\n              small_params2, or
der2, varlist, nodenom_list,\n              sublist, siderels, siderel
s_list )" }}{PARA 15 "" 0 "" {HYPERLNK 17 "plane" 2 "AESOP,quadric" "
" }{TEXT 256 23 "( [nx,ny,nz], [x,y,z] )" }}{PARA 15 "" 0 "" 
{HYPERLNK 17 "quadric" 2 "AESOP,quadric" "" }{TEXT 256 23 "( f, epsilo
n, [x,y,z] )" }}{PARA 15 "" 0 "" {HYPERLNK 17 "reflect" 2 "AESOP,refle
ct" "" }{TEXT 256 133 "( inputbeam, surface, simplepath, params1, orde
r1, params2, order2, \n       varlist, nodenom_list, sublist, siderels
, siderels_list )" }}{PARA 15 "" 0 "" {HYPERLNK 17 "surfnorm" 2 "AESOP
,surface_normal" "" }{TEXT 256 48 "( surface::\{mirror,beamsplitter,HO
E\}, p::point )" }}{PARA 15 "" 0 "" {HYPERLNK 17 "Zernike" 2 "AESOP,Ze
rnike" "" }{TEXT 256 62 "( n::nonnegint, m::integer, rho::algebraic, t
heta::algebraic )" }}{PARA 15 "" 0 "" {HYPERLNK 17 "ZernikeRadial" 2 "
AESOP,Zernike" "" }{TEXT 256 46 "( n::nonnegint, m::nonnegint, rho::al
gebraic )" }}{PARA 15 "" 0 "" {HYPERLNK 17 "ZernikeCos" 2 "AESOP,Zerni
ke" "" }{TEXT 256 62 "( n::nonnegint, m::integer, rho::algebraic, thet
a::algebraic )" }}{PARA 15 "" 0 "" {HYPERLNK 17 "ZernikeSin" 2 "AESOP,
Zernike" "" }{TEXT 256 62 "( n::nonnegint, m::integer, rho::algebraic,
 theta::algebraic )" }}{PARA 15 "" 0 "" {HYPERLNK 17 "ZernikePlot" 2 "
AESOP,Zernike" "" }{TEXT 256 28 "( n::nonnegint, m::integer )" }}}
{SECT 1 {PARA 4 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 14 "Usage Examples" }{HYPERLNK 17 "" 
1 "" "" }}{PARA 15 "" 0 "" {HYPERLNK 17 "Analysis of a beam compressor
" 2 "AESOP,example,beamcompressor" "" }{TEXT -1 1 " " }}{PARA 15 "" 0 
"" {TEXT -1 16 "MapleTech paper " }{HYPERLNK 17 "worksheet" 2 "AESOP,M
apleTech" "" }{TEXT -1 1 " " }}}{SECT 1 {PARA 4 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 18 "C
ontact the Author" }}{PARA 15 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 123 "Dr. Marc A. Muriso
n\nAstronomical Applications Dept.\nU.S. Naval Observatory\n3450 Massa
chusetts Ave., NW\nWashignton, DC 20392" }}{PARA 15 "" 0 "" {TEXT 256 
29 "murison@riemann.usno.navy.mil" }}{PARA 15 "" 0 "" {TEXT 256 35 "ht
tp://riemann.usno.navy.mil/AESOP/" }}}}}{MARK "0 3" 0 }{VIEWOPTS 1 1 
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