Lateralchromatic aberration

Diffraction gratings are critical components for most Chirped Pulse Amplification (CPA) laser systems. There are many different grating types (metal, all-dielectric, and hybrid metal-dielectric reflection gratings, as well as transmission gratings), and equally as many trade-offs relating to diffraction efficiency, spectral and angular bandwidth, polarization, laser-induced damage threshold (LIDT), and temporal dispersion, to name a few. Choosing the right grating for a given laser system can be very confusing. In this webinar we will describe how you can make the best grating selection for your laser requirements.

Chromatic Aberration includes 16 fully-customizable presets to help get you started. Use them as is or adjust them for your needs.

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Chromatic Aberration simulates real-world lens distortion effects, in which there is a failure of a lens to focus all colors to the same convergence point. Control the center point, amount of distortion and the radius of the effect. You can also blur the edges of the effect.

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Separate the colors by scaling and rotating the effect. Chromatic Aberration gives you many ways to work with the separated colors. Transform the color channels uniformly or separately scale the colors on the X and Y axis. You can even choose to separately distort the individual color channels.

Simulate lens dirt and smudges to add even more realism to the effect. You can choose to add one of 9 included lens textures, or you can choose your own layer for the effect.

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