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1) Editors --> Merit Function: to edit the merit function Type=POPD, Data=25 OR 26 for beam M^2; set Surf, Wave,Field per your system configuration; !=-l760
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2) Tools --> Optimization --> Merit Function Listing: to open a text window display merit function; l})uYae/
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4) You'll see M^2 on the Merit Function Listing window. Fm@GU
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In old version Zemax (before ver2007), M^2 is complicated to get, designer has to calculate manually. Op|Be
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