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CODE V 10.5 offers new and improved optimization and tolerancing capabilities for the design of high-performance optical systems with reduced sensitivity to manufacturing and alignment errors. This helps designers create systems in CODE V that not only perform as specified, but are also less expensive to manufacture and can be assembled faster. Request a QuoteReduce Tolerance Sensitivity Control CODE V has been enhanced to allow direct optimization of the as-built RMS wavefront error. The new Reduce Tolerance Sensitivity control (SAB, for Sensitivity As Built) is used in optimization to reduce the impact of tolerances on final system performance. The tight integration of CODE V’s tolerancing and optimization processes helps users create practical optical designs that meet performance requirements and minimize...

Zemax 12 Release 2 is the most capable optical and illumination design softwareever published.Optical and Illumination Design Design optical and illumination systems with speed and confidence using industry leading analysis, optimization and tolerancing capabilities in Zemax 12 Release 2. Fastest sequential and non-sequential ray tracing using multi-CPU, multi-thread architecture Multi-variable system optimization Component tolerancing Physical optics Diffractive optics Polarization Reverse ray tracing Colorimetry Advanced Path Analysis Visual Optimizer Comprehensive Design and Engineering Resources Shorten time to innovation using comprehensive material catalogs, source model libraries and example files–plus much more! 600+ Radiant Source Model™ online library with source data measured from more than 60 manufacturers in eight categories Source Spectrum library Surface and bulk scattering materials Numerous example files Glass and...

CODE V 10.4 delivers enhancements to its Beam Synthesis Propagation (BSP) tool that enable optical designers to model and analyze diffraction effects in an optical system with increased flexibility, speed and accuracy. In addition, the Glass Expert tool is now fully integrated into CODE V. This makes glass selection easier and faster. Request a Quote BSP General Complex Field Input CODE V 10.4 adds support for general complex field input to BSP. This gives users flexibility to customize the input beam (light source) description by providing detailed maps of the beam’s intensity and phase. For example, complex optical field data can be imported from external software programs that model waveguides for photonic devices. This feature also allows the definition and...

CGSim package for analysis and optimization of Cz, LEC, VCz, and Bridgman growth of semiconductor and semitransparent crystalsCGSim can be effectively applied to the following practical problems: Control and optimization of the crystallization front geometry and V/G distribution by adjustment of the hot zone and growth parameters. Increase of the crystallization rate with keeping high crystal quality. Control over stress and defects in the growing crystal. Defect engineering via accurate adjustment of the heat shields. Governing melt convection via crystal/crucible rotation rates, magnetic fields of various strength and orientation. Stabilization of convection in the melt while maintaining reasonable turbulent mixing. Analysis of impurity transport in both the melt and gas. Prediction of oxygen and carbon containing species concentrations in Si...

New Features in FDTD Solutions 8.0 User-defined dispersive, gain, anisotropic & nonlinear materials Built-in χ(2) and paramagnetic materials Non-diagonal anisotropic materials including liquid crystals and magneto-optical materials Improved analysis and visualization tools with the Results Manager and Visualizer Modal expansion monitors with arbitrary rotation Mode sources with arbitrary rotation FDTD Solutions Overview FDTD Solutions is a 3D Maxwell solver, capable of analyzing the interaction of UV, visible, and IR radiation with complicated structures employing wavelength scale features. FDTD Solutions is able to accurately take into account material dispersion over wide wavelength ranges via its proprietary Multi-coefficient Material modeling capabilities, enabling the end user to efficiently calculate device response over wide bandwidths. With a highly-optimized computational engine able to exploit multi-core...

LightTools 7.3 delivers a variety of new illumination design features in areas such as application-specific design, color quality analysis, LED phosphor modeling, and design management and performance that will help designers work more efficiently, save product development costs and deliver high-performance lighting systems. Following are some of the key new features in this release.Street Lighting Utility Tailored for roadway lighting designers, this utility provides fast calculations of street illuminance and luminance levels for standard observer positions for fixtures designed in LightTools or defined in IES files. Supports automatic design optimization to meet industry standards, including surround ratio and average luminance. Enhanced Color Analysis LightTools now supports two additional metrics for evaluating a light source’s color rendering performance: Color Quality Scale...

The latest version of FRED, v11.40, was officially released on April 4th and is now available for download. Last week, Photon Engineering hosted a webinar discussing new features which have been added to FRED over the past few releases. Additionally, a sneak peak at some development items was given. If you were unable to attend one of the webinar sessions, please feel free to watch the webinar recording below. The chart slides are also provided in the attached PDF.Optomechanical Design and Analysis STEP and IGES files can be imported and exported for integration of mechanical and optical designs. FRED can import and export system models as IGES or STEP files for full integration of mechanics and optics. Once imported, the...

CODE V 10.4 delivers enhancements to its Beam Synthesis Propagation (BSP) tool that enable optical designers to model and analyze diffraction effects in an optical system with increased flexibility, speed and accuracy. In addition, the Glass Expert tool is now fully integrated into CODE V. This makes glass selection easier and faster. Request a Quote BSP General Complex Field Input CODE V 10.4 adds support for general complex field input to BSP. This gives users flexibility to customize the input beam (light source) description by providing detailed maps of the beam’s intensity and phase. For example, complex optical field data can be imported from external software programs that model waveguides for photonic devices. This feature also allows the definition and...

FDTD 7.5 provides a simple way to run multiple simulations at the same time. For example, suppose you have 30 simulations from an optimization or parameter sweep task. In the past, each of the 30 simulations would run consecutively on the local computer. (It was also possible for the user to manually distribute the jobs in some othermanner.) With FDTD 7.5, the jobs can be automatically sent to several computers in yourlocal network. If there are three computers in the network, FDTD can run three concurrentsimulations (one on each computer), reducing the time to complete the sweep by a factorof 3. Extra FDTD simulation engine licenses will be required to run additional simultaneoussimulations.Movie monitors in parallel simulationsMovie monitors now work...

Solid Modeling Models are created by importing lens design or Computer Aided Drafting (CAD) files or by directly creating the solid geometry in TracePro. Users can define, position, move, rotate, scale, sweep, and revolve objects and surfaces via the user friendly 3-D CAD interface and with special tools to insert optical elements such as lens elements, Fresnel lenses, tubes (lens barrels) and baffles. The 3-D model can be zoomed, panned, rotated and rendered.Material and Surface Properties Material and surface properties are applied to object and surfaces in the solid model. Types of properties include: Material Refraction Fresnel reflections Bulk absorption Bulk scatter Gradient index Birefringence Surface Reflection Coatings Thin film stacks Scatter Surface absorption Gratings Temperature and Temperature Distribution Polarization...