| Abe PSF2 |
Free
aberrated point spread function software from Nelson Wallace's Optics
Site.
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ACCOS V
|
Optical
design software from Optikos Corporation.
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ALDS
|
ALDS
(Advanced Laser Diode Simulator) from Apollo Photonics. Simulator for
semiconductor lasers.
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APART
|
Stray
light anlysis software from Breault Research Organization.
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APEX
|
Automatic
interferogram analysis program from Lambda Research Corporation.
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APSS
|
APSS
(Apollo Photonic Software Suite) from Apollo Photonics. Mode solvers,
BPM, FDTD, cylindrical-BPM, circuit simulator, couple mode theory, mode
matching, etc... |
ASAP
|
Optical
design software from Breault Research Organization.
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BandSOLVE
|
Design
tool to automate and simplify the calculation of photonic band
structures for all photonic crystal(PC) devices. From RSoft Design
Group.
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BEAM Two, BEAM Three,
BEAM Four
|
Optical
ray-tracing software from Stellar Software.
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BeamPROP
|
CAD
and simulation program for the design of integrated and fiber-optic
waveguide devices and circuits. From RSoft Design Group.
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BPM CAD
|
Waveguide
optics modelling software from Optiwave Corporation.
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CLADISS-2D
|
Active
device simulator for laser diode/TWA design for fabrey-perot, DFB, DBR,
tunable, external cavity lasers, SOA's, etc... From Photon Design. |
CAOS
|
General
purpose integrated optical circuit (IOC) simulator interfaced with
optical layout generator SIGRAPH-Optik.
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CODE V
|
Optical
design software from Optical Research Associates.
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CrystalWave
|
Mask
layout editor with a powerful 3D FDTD propogation engine for photonics
crystals. From Photon Design.
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dbOptic
|
Database
Program for PCs & Compatibles Powerful, easy to use optical
design
software from Sky Scientific makes light work of optical design from a
single lens or mirror to complex systems of up to 99 surfaces. From Sky
Scientific.
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DIFFRACT
|
Software
for simulating coherent beams of light as they propagate through an
optical system, from MM Research, Inc.
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DiffractMOD
|
General
design tool for diffractive optical structures such as diffractive
optical elements, subwavelength periodic structures, and photonic
bandgap crystals. From RSoft Design Group.
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EDFA Design
|
Optical
fiber amplifier & laser design software from Optiwave
Corporation.
|
Electromagnetic
Scattering Programs
|
A
webpage with links to several different types of programs for
simulating EM scattering off of various types of surfaces.
|
Fiber CAD
|
Optical
fiber design software from Optiwave Corporation.
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FIMMWAVE
|
General
purpose fully vectorial mode solver software from Photon Design.
|
FIMMWAVE-FESolver
|
Finite
element mode solver software form Photon Design.
|
| FOGS |
FOGS
(Fiber Optics Grating Solver) from Apollo Photonics. Simulation and
design of fiber Bragg Gratings. |
| FOMS |
FOMS
(Fiber Optics Mode Solver) from Apollo Photonics. Fiber calculations
including mode solver, and micro/macro loss calculations. |
| FullWAVE |
CAD
and simulation program for the design of complex photonic devices. From
RSoft Design Group. |
| GLAD |
General
Laser And Design laser analysis software from Applied Optics Research. |
| GratingMOD |
General
design tool for analyzing and synthesizing complicated grating profiles
in optical fibers and integrated waveguide circuits for a wide variety
of photonics applications. From RSoft Design Group. |
| GUERAP V |
Stray
light and radiometry analysis program for Lambda Research Corporation. |
| Holomaster |
Software
for designing computer-generated holograms with an emphasis on laser
beam splitters. |
| HS Design |
Semiconductor
heterostructure modeling software from Optiwave Corporation. |
| IFO Gratings |
Integrated
and fiber optical gratings design software from Optiwave Corporation. |
| KALLISTOS |
Multi
paramater design optimization software from Photon Design. |
| KDP-2 |
Latest
verison of the KDP optical design program by Jim Klein of Engineering Calculations. The non-free for sale version is available with full source to anyone
who downloads it and then uses the password: avon1 to self-extract and
install it. |
| LaserMOD |
Design
tool for simulating optical and electronic properties of semiconductor
lasers. From RSoft Design Group. |
| Laserwerks |
Software
for the design of laser systems & resonators, illumination
&
non-imaging systems, and conventional optical assemblies. |
| LensVIEW |
CD-ROM
database of lens design examples. |
| LES |
FREE
lens evaluation software from Nelson Wallace's Optics Site. |
| LIGHT |
Interactive
software for the virtual design and simulation of outdoor lighting
systems. |
| LightPipes |
Beam
propogation software from OKO Technologies. |
| LightTools |
Illumination
design software from Optical Research Associates. |
| LinkSim |
Design
and simulation software for optical communication systems. From RSoft
Design Group. |
| LOTS1D |
Los
Alamos Optical Transport Simulator, to calculate one-dimensional
diffraction effects along an optical beam path. From Nelson Wallace's
Optics Site. |
| ModeSYS |
Software
to support the design, analysis, and simulation of multimode
communication systems with a primary focus on data communication
applications. From RSoft Design Group. |
| OlympIOs |
OlympIOs
is a suite of modules available from the Dutch company C2V for
simulation and design of integrated optical components. Modules include
optical mode solvers, beam propogation, bi-directional eigenmode
propogation, electro optic and thermo optic simulation, stress induced
birefringence, and several others. |
| OmniSim-FD |
Omni-directional
2D frequency time domain propogation software from Photon Design. |
| OmniSim-TD |
High
performance 2D/3D time domain software from Photon Design. |
| OPTEC |
Software
for general optical system design, optimization, tolerancing, and
analysis. From SCIOPT Enterprises. |
| Optica for Mathematica |
Optical
design application for Mathematica by Wolfram Research. |
| OptiCAD |
Non-sequential,
stray light, and illumination optical system modeling program from
Focus Software, Inc. |
| OptiCalc |
Interactive
optics calculations with real time ray tracing . This is the demo
version of SOLSTIS. |
| Optics Lab |
Optical
design and analysis sofware from Science Labs Sofware. |
| OptSim |
Modeling
and simulation software supporting the design and performance
evaluation of the transmission level of optical communication systems.
From RSoft Design Group. |
| OSLO Six, OSLO Pro, OSLO Light |
Optical
design software from Sinclair Optics. |
| OSOD |
Open
Source Open Design optical design software made available from Acme
Optics. |
| Paraxia-Plus |
Laser
resonator and beam propogation software from SCIOPT Enterprises. |
| PC Grate Grating Efficiency
Software |
Software
for computing the diffraction efficiency of multi-layer low and high
reflecting gratings, both holographic and ruled, across a wide spectrum
region. |
| ReflectorCAD |
Segmented
reflector design program from Breault Research Organization. |
| SIGRAPH-Modelab |
Software bundle of highend solvers for fiber and
integrated optical eigenmode analysis. |
| SIGRAPH-Optic |
Layout editor for integrated optical circuits
(IOCs) and synthetic microlenses and CAOS the BPM IOC simulator for
analysis. |
| Snell
Trace |
Software
for
computing the diffraction efficiency of multi-layer low and high
reflecting gratings, both holographic and ruled, across a wide spectrum
region. |
| SOAR |
Entry-level stray light analysis program for
rapidly estimating stray light, from Lambda Research Corporation. |
| SOLSTIS |
Photonics design software with an emphasis on
photometry, optical calculations, and laser simulation. |
| SPEOS |
CAD based software for lighting simulation with
non-sequential ray trace capability. |
| SPOCK |
Simulation
for Photonics and Optical Circuit Knowledge. Calculates complex
eigenmodes of propagation in plane-layered structures. |
| SYNOPSYS |
Optical
design software from Optical Systems Design, Inc. |
| TracePro |
Ray
tracing program for optical analysis from Lambda Research Corporation. |
| VOB++, VOB Pro |
Optical
design software from Metec Inc. |
| WDM Phasar |
Phased
array WDM device design software from Optiave Corporation. |
| WinLens |
Optical
Design Software from Spindler & Hoyer. |
| ZELUM |
Illumination
system design software from Focus Software, Inc. |
| ZEMAX |
Optical
design software from Focus Software, Inc. |
| ZoneLens |
Software
for generating binary lens patterns for diffractive optical elements.
Used in conjunction with SIGRAPH-Optic. |
