Optical glass catalogues from Schott, Hoya, Ohara, Sumita and Corning are provided. Additional catalogues are supplied which include infrared materials, plastics, and natural materials such as silica. Birefringent material data is also included.

The catalogues include data for about 1000 materials, and include dispersion, thermal, and other data.

Stock lens catalogues from several major vendors are included. The stock lens catalogues include components available from Spindler and Hoyer, Newport, Edmund Scientific, and Melles Griot and many others.

The screenshot above shows the Melles Griot™ catalogue being queried to find a lens with specific properties. Once a list of candidate lenses is produced, you can check the layout of the lens:

and its detailed prescription. The screenshot above shows a LAL017 precision optimised achromat from the Melles-Griot™ catalog.

ZEMAX also supports automatic test plate fitting. This feature automatically adjusts an optical system to fit the tooling of a particular vendor, and is an extremely good way of reducing the cost of a design. Test plate lists are provided for several lens fabricators.

You can create new glass, stock lens, and test plate catalogues as desired, or you can add new data to the existing catalogues. As many catalogues as desired may be created and maintained.