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Lens Design Software
Testing
Organizations
Thin Film Design Software
Illumination, Straylight
Standards
Laser Design and Integrated Optics Software
Manufacturing
Periodicals
Glass Manufacturers, Optical Materials
Engineering
Optical Cements and Adhesives
Other useful links
Lens Design Software:
ABCD
Gaussian beam propagation software.
Aberrator
Software for simulation of star-test images.
ADOS
Optical design, analysis and optimization program. Also offers global optimization.
ASAP
System analysis program from Breault Research Organization, Inc. for imaging and illumination applications.
ATMOS
Amateur Telescope Maker Optical Software
Beam II, III, IV
Raytracing Software from Stellar Software. Available in three levels for Windows PC and Power Mac.
Code V
Comprehensive optical design software by 'Synopsis'
Comsol Multiphysics
COMSOL MultiphysicsTM: Comprehensive multiphysics simulation software for simulation and analysis of a wide range of physics phenomena, including ray optics and wave optics. Optics simulation is easily coupled with other physics, such as heat transfer and structural mechanics, in a Structural-Thermal- Optical-Performance (STOP) analysis.
dbOptic
Optical design database software
GSOLVER
Analysis of diffraction gratings of arbitrary groove profiles.
KDP-2
Free optical design program from Jim Klein.
Lens Forge
Lens Design Program for Mac OS X
LensVIEW
A CD-ROM database with more than 30000 design examples from US patent literature and Japanese patent literature.
LensLab
Entry-Level Ray-Tracing Package for Mathematica
Lightmachinery
Some handy optical calculations, require the use of Microsoft Internet Explorer.
LightTools
Virtual prototyping of optical and illumination systems by 'Optical Research Associates'
Looking Glass
A geometric optics construction set. Interactive physics package that helps students visualize and understand the effects of optical components on light rays.
MODAS
'Modern Optical Design and Analysis Software', free crippled version available.
OpTaliX
Comprehensive Software for optical design, thin film coatings and illumination.
OptisWorks
Optical simulation software integrated in mechanical CAD software (SolidWorks).
Optics Lab
Optical ray tracing software by Science Lab Software
OPTEC
'Paraxia' lens design and raytrace program.
Optica
Optical design application for Mathematica from Wolfram Research. Note that this package is no longer distributed by Wolfram Research. See Optica Software instead.
Opus
Optical analysis software.
OSLO
Comprehensive optical design and analysis software.
PC Grate
Analysis of multi-layer diffraction gratings of various groove profiles.
ReflectorCAD
Design software for segmented reflectors by Breault Reasearch Organization.
reTORT
reTORT is a geometric-optics ray tracer for arbitrary 3D geometries, including GRINs and metasurfaces.
SYNOPSIS
Comprehensive lens design and analysis package from Optical System Design, Inc.
Virtual Lab
Physical optics analysis and design of lens systems, laser systems, laser cavities, diffractive optical elements and diffraction gratings.
VOB
Virtual Optical Bench by Metec, Inc. Also available from Dr.V.Schmidt GmbH
WinLens
Optical design software including several modules: Tolerancer, Glass Manager, Pre-Designer, etc. Video tutorials about WinLens are found here.
ZEMAX
Optical design and analysis software by Focus Software Inc.
Laser Design and Integrated Optics Software:
ASLD
Laser simulation and solid-state resonator design software.
FemtoSoft
Software for implementing Frequency-Resolved Optical Gating, a technique for measuring the time-dependent intensity and phase of a femtosecond laser pulse.
FreeBPM
Free beam propagation (BPM) software.
Fresnel
Simulation and analysis of laser beam propagation.
GLAD
Physical Optics and Laser Analysis Software.
Hesotar
Virtual Nonlinear Optics Workbook (vNOW). The software enables students and scientists to perform numerical experiments in nonlinear optics of two- or multi-level atoms.
LASCAD
Multiphysics simulation to optimize design of laser resonators. Includes thermal and structural finite element analysis of thermal effects in laser crystals, ABCD Gaussian beam propagation, dynamic analysis of multimode and Q-switched operation, 3D wave optics beam propagation code.
LightPipes
Beam propagation toolbox for MatLab and MathCad.
Lumerical
Offers 2D/3D single-computer and parallel FDTD and an optical mode solver that solves arbitrary waveguide geometries including photonic crystal fiber.
Optiwave
Software for integrated and fiber optics. OptiFDTD is a powerful, highly integrated, and user friendly CAD environment that enables the design and simulation of advanced passive and non-linear photonic components. OptiBPM is Waveguide Optics Design Software.
Oxalis
Simulation Software in optics and lasers (SimCa, CommodPro, SPIR, Thermopt).
Paraxia
Laser system design.
Photon Design
Photonics software (OmniSim, FIMMPROP, CrystalWave, PICWave) for active and passive component and circuit design.
SimCa
Gaussian beam propagation along optical systems and laser cavities.
UNIGIT
Universal rigorous grating solver based on the RCWA and the Rayleigh-Fourier method.
Virtual Lab
Physical optics analysis and design of lens systems, laser systems, laser cavities, diffractive optical elements and diffraction gratings.
VPIphotonics
Active and passive component, system and link engineering tools. Also provides software modules to design, verify and evaluate active and passive components, fiber amplifiers, DWDM transmission systems and broadband access networks.
WinLase
Laser design and gaussian beam propagation.
Thin Film Design Software:
Essential Macleod
Thin film design and analysis software.
Film Wizard
Software for optimization and synthesis of optical thin film coatings. Other products are Film Tec 2000, Film Monitor, Film Ellipse.
FilmStar
A suite of Windows programs for designing, manufacturing and measuring optical thin film coatings. There is also a free version.
FreeSnell
Freeware program to compute optical properties of multilayer thin-film coatings.
OptiLayer
Software for optical coating design, characterization and manufacturing.
SemiconSoft
TFCompanion software, thin-film data analysis for ellipsometry, reflectance and transmittance measurements.
TFCalc
Software for designing and manufacturing optical thin film coatings.
Illumination and Straylight Software:
Apilux O++
Optical design software dedicated to photometric applications, optical design and multi-channel systems.
ASAP
System analysis program from Breault Research Organization, Inc. for imaging and illumination applications.
FRED
Optical Engineering Software for complex, 'real world' optical problems.
OptiCAD
Non-sequential illumination, optical analysis and visualization program.
Software for design, mask generation and performance modeling of diffractive optical elements.
Glass Manufacturers, Optical Materials:
Almaz Optics
Distributor of russian optics and optical materials.
Azom.com
The A to Z of Materials. On-Line materials information site, supplier and expert directory.
Cargille
Optical liquids
Cerac
Coating materials
Chinese Glasses (CDGM)
Chengdu Guanming Optoelectronic Information Material Co. Ltd., USA-website
Cradley-Crystals
Synthetic single- and polycrystal products.
Crystran
Manufacturer of IR & UV optical materials.
CVD Materials
CVD Silicon Carbide and Infrared Materials.
EFONGA
European Forum on New Glass Applications (EFONGA).
Gradient Lens
Gradient Lens Corp. (GLC), USA, Manufacturer of EndogrinTM radial gradients.
Grinext
Gradient index optics for imaging and communications, Russia.
Grintech
Gradient index microoptics for telecom, endoscopy, etc.
Hikari
Precision optical glass manufacturer, Japan
Hoya
Precision optical glass manufacturer, Japan
Ioffe
Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute, Semiconductor materials characterization and properties.
Kruschwitz
Material for optical thin films and interference coatings.
LightPath
Manufacturer of GradiumTM axial gradient index glass.
MakeTech
Non-metallic single and poly crystal materials.
Molecular Technology
Single crystals, materials and components.
OHARA
Manufacturer of precision optical glass. If your browser does not support Flash, try http://www.ohara-gmbh.de (in German).
Pilkington
Optical Glass manufacturer.
Schott
Schott Glass, Germany
SPI Supplies
Manufacturer and distributor of sample preparation equipment and supplies for electron and light microscope laboratories.
Sumita
Sumita Glass Company, Japan
Optical Cements and Adhesives:
Delo
DELO industrial adhesives.
Dymax
High performance adhesives and light curing equipment.
Intertronics
Fiber optics and two-part optical epoxies.
Norland
Optical adhesives
Nye Optical Products
Index matching fluids and gels.
Summers Optical
Optical cements and adhesives.
Engineering:
Engineering Reference
Practical engineering data and tools for medical device professionals.
Precision-Optical Engineering
Design, development, production and testing of optical components for use in the visible and infrared regions of the spectrum.
Periodicals, Publications:
Photonics Spectra
Design News
Europhotonics
Fiber Optics Online
Laser Focus World
Optoelectronics and laser technology.
Lasers and Optronics
Lightwave
Fiber-optic communications technology and application worldwide
Photonics Online
Photonics Spectra
OE Reports
OE Magazine
Monthly publication of SPIE, International society for optical engineering.
Standards:
NIST
Nat'l Inst. of Standards and Technology
BIPM
International Bureau of Weights and Measures
BSI
Britisch Standards Institution
DIN
Deutsches Institut f. Normung.
ISO
International Standards Organization
ANSI
American Nat'l Standards Institute
CIE
International Commission on Illumination
CORM
Council of Optical Radiation Measurements
IESNA
Illumination Engineering Society of North America
OEOSC
Optics and Electro-Optics Standards Council
optics.org
Overview on optical standards by optics.org, the online photonics resource.
Organizations, Associations:
OSA
Optical Society of America
APOMA
American Precision Optics Manufacturers Association
ASPE
American Society for Precision Engineering
NES/OSA
New England Section of the OSA
Photonics Resource Center
The Photonics Resource Center.
SPIE
International Society for Optical Engineering
DGaO
Deutsche Gesellschaft für angewandte Optik
EOS
European Optical Society
Other useful links:
Cyber Ray
CyberRayTM, three dimensional ray tracing package for both optical and charged particle beams.
Computational Optics Group
Computational Optics Group, IFH, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
Barnard Microsystems
Microwave circuit design software and design
3D Lens
Fresnel lenses and polarizers.
Dallas Lasik Eye Surgery
Lasik and HD-Lasik Provider.
Don Barron
Converts Zemax optical designs to POVRAY and shows photorealistic renderings of optical designs. A similar feature is found in OpTaliX
Function Parser Module
Function Parser by Stuart Midgley (available in Fortran source code)
IODC
Lens design problem summary (1998 International Optical Design Conference, Kona, Hawaii)
GratingLab
Diffraction grating handbook 5th Ed. by Christopher Palmer
Lasersale
Laser products including laser diodes, sights, green laser pointers, and aiming modules.
Machine Vision Systems
An overview of machine vision systems manufacturers.
MicroPhotonic Recruiters
Technical recruiting firm exclusively committed to to the Optical Industry. Specialized in locating and qualifying photonic talents in the market.
Minerals Spectroscopy
Information about color in minerals, access to data on mineral absorption spectra.
Optics 2001
Comprehensive Library on all subjects related to optics
Optics Net
Optics directory
OpticsNotes
An index of optics & photonics tutorials, references and resources.
SpieWeb
Discussion forums hosted by SPIE.
sci.optics
Optics newsgroup.
TICRA
Electromagnetic analysis of reflector Antenna and Scatterers.
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Flat Demo
This demo can be downloaded and will enable you to play with REDsdk to generate photo-realistic images of an already-setup apartment. You will get the opportunity to move inside the flat to choose different point of views and process high resolution panoramas that you will use interactively once calculated. Download: Windows / Linux / MacOS X
Fresnel Mac Os 11
Minimum requirements: CPU: Intel Core i3 or AMD equivalent Memory: 4 GB Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8000 series, ATI Radeon HD or INTEL HD Graphics. OS: Windows XP / Vista / 7 / 8 / 10 – 64 bits, Linux 64 bits, Mac OSX 10.7
Aston Martin Demo
This demo can be downloaded to experience some advanced real-time effects provided by REDsdk as HDR (High Dynamic Range) rendering, GI (Global Illumination) baking, real-time spherical harmonics, adaptive tone mapping, glossy Fresnel reflections, bloom effect, custom car paint material and much more. Download: Windows / Linux / MacOS X
Fresnel Cosine
Minimum requirements: CPU: Intel Core i3 or AMD equivalent Memory: 2 GB Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8000 series, ATI Radeon HD or INTEL HD Graphics. OS: Windows 2000 / XP / Vista / 7 / 8 / 10 – 32 or 64 bits, Linux – 32 or 64 bits, Mac OSX 10.7.
Fresnel Cosine Integral
Turbine Blade Demo
This demo can be downloaded and runs interactively to experience the REDsdk graphics performance for real-time 2D rendering, real-time 3D rendering and high quality imaging. Download: Windows / Linux / Mac OS X
Minimum requirements: CPU: Intel Core i3 or AMD equivalent Memory: 1 GB Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8000 series, ATI Radeon HD or INTEL HD Graphics. OS: Windows 2000 / XP / Vista / 7 / 8 / 10 – 32 or 64 bits, Linux – 32 or 64 bits, Mac OSX 10.7.
Watch Demo
Courtesy of Taylor James
Fresnel Mac Os Catalina
This demo can be downloaded and runs interactively to experience the REDsdk innovative rendering technologies and photo-realistic rendering capabilities. If you wish to know more about this demo, you can read the making-off. Download: Windows / Linux / Mac OS X
Minimum requirements: CPU: Intel Pentium 4 or AMD equivalent Memory: 512 MB Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce FX, ATI Radeon 9600 or INTEL HD Graphics. OS: Windows 2000 / XP / Vista / 7 / 8 / 10 – 32 or 64 bits, Linux – 32 or 64 bits, Mac OSX 10.7.
