Using saddle points for challenging optical design tasks

Finding new local minima in lens design landscapes by constructing saddle points.

Finding order in an optimization landscape with multiple local minima. Example from optics

Chaotic behavior in an algorithm to escape from poor local minima in lens design

Instabilities and fractal basins of attraction in optical system optimization

Are well-known optical design tools sometimes unpredictable?

Finding order in the design landscape of simple optical systems

A Systematic Analysis of the Optical Merit Function Landscape. Towards Improved Optimization Methods in Optical Design.

Finding order in the optical design landscape

Nieuwe oplossingen in lensontwerp door het construeren van zadelpunten

Finding order in the optical design landscape

Saddle points reveal essential properties of the merit-functions landscape

Looking for order in the optical design landscape .

Predictability and unpredictability in optical system optimization

Practical guide to saddle-point construction in lens design.

Looking for order in the optical design landscape.

Looking for order in the optical design landscape.

Is the Order in the Merit function Landscape of Optical Systems?

Generating saddle points in the merit function landscape of optical systems

Saddle points in the merit function landscape of systems of thin lenses in contact