Knowledge Base

Cross-cutting notes on optical-imaging physics that informs design decisions in KrakenOS — sampling, contrast mechanisms, sensor noise, and the kinds of trade-offs that show up when the simulator output meets a real lens and a real sensor.

• Rules of Thumb — Optics, Imaging, Laser
• Finding the Cardinal Points and Pupils by Ray Tracing
• Pupil Sampling — A Lecture on Where the Rays Go
• Introduction To Fundamental Lens Design
• Deriving the Axially Symmetric Aberration Polynomial
• Sub-Pixel Hot-Spot Detection in IR Imaging
• Machine-Vision Camera and Lens EOL Qualification
• Laser Design Engineer Interview Guide
• STEP Overlay Promotion — Tiers and 2D/3D Parity
• Folded Coaxial Illumination — Projection Physics and the MV-150