| 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.
|
ALDS
|
ALDS
(Advanced Laser Diode Simulator) from Apollo Photonics. Simulator for
semiconductor lasers.
|
APART
|
Stray
light anlysis software from Breault Research Organization.
|
APEX
|
Automatic
interferogram analysis program from Lambda Research Corporation.
|
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.
|
BEAM Two, BEAM Three,
BEAM Four
|
Optical
ray-tracing software from Stellar Software.
|
BeamPROP
|
CAD
and simulation program for the design of integrated and fiber-optic
waveguide devices and circuits. From RSoft Design Group.
|
BPM CAD
|
Waveguide
optics modelling software from Optiwave Corporation.
|
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.
|
CODE V
|
Optical
design software from Optical Research Associates.
|
CrystalWave
|
Mask
layout editor with a powerful 3D FDTD propogation engine for photonics
crystals. From Photon Design.
|
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.
|
DIFFRACT
|
Software
for simulating coherent beams of light as they propagate through an
optical system, from MM Research, Inc.
|
DiffractMOD
|
General
design tool for diffractive optical structures such as diffractive
optical elements, subwavelength periodic structures, and photonic
bandgap crystals. From RSoft Design Group.
|
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.
|
Enterprise
SE and Enterprise PRO
|
Please
see the listing for KDP-2.
|
Fiber CAD
|
Optical
fiber design software from Optiwave Corporation.
|
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 Engineering Calculations. KDP
has previously been known as Roadrunner, ODP, and Enterprise. Engineering
Calculations has previously been known as Acme Optics and West Coast
Engineering. |
| 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. |
| ODP |
Please
see listing for KDP-2. |
| 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. |
| Roadrunner,
Roadrunner LT |
Please see the listing for KDP-2. |
| 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. |
