NEWS

Learn more about VirtualLab™ at "Photonics West 2012”!

(January 11, 2012)

LightTrans is planning several activities at the Photonics West Conferences and Exhibitions taking place in San Francisco, CA, starting on January 21 2012. We would like to welcome you at our booth no. 4601 in the German Pavilion and invite you to a presentation of VirtualLab™ 5 – the new generation...

VirtualLab™ 5.1 Released!

(December 20, 2011)

The latest release VirtualLab™ 5.1 introduces several novelties and improvements. First, a 3D view of the entire system has been introduced making the system setup easier. A ray tracing mode is available now which gives a first insight about the behavior of systems. Catalogs for light sources and co...

Software Courses 2012 – First Announcement

(November 28, 2011)

In order to allow a reliable planning for our customers we have scheduled two software courses for 2012 already. The two courses are

Course 1: April 24 - 27, 2012 "Introduction to Unified Optical Modeling using LightTrans VirtualLab™" Speaker: Dr. Michael Kuhn, LightTrans Target Group: ...

Focusing and Collimation

The complementary optical functions focusing and collimation are directly or indirectly involved in almost any optical system. It is well known that ray tracing is not suitable for investigating focal regions. That makes wave-optical techniques important for the analysis and design of focusing systems. A proper definition of light sources is a prerequisite for the analysis and design of high quality systems for collimation. Electromagnetically based light source models give maximum flexibility and accuracy to investigate collimating systems. In particular in high NA focusing and collimating systems, the z-component of the fields must be taken into account. Our electromagnetic field modeling provides this information. Moreover, electromagnetic modeling allows the investigation of focusing and collimation systems for partial coherent light sources and ultra short pulsed laser beams. LightTrans’ optical engineering team will help you in all situations in which you need a more elaborate investigation or design of your focusing or collimation system.

Contact us at service(at)lighttrans.com or call at +49 (0) 36 41. 67 54 31. We are ready to support you.

Coupling of laser light, here from a diode laser, into a fiber is of concern in various applications. In order to investigate the coupling efficiency one needs complete information about the electromagnetic field in the focal region. This is a typical task for which our electromagnetic modeling approach is ideal to deliver you all the information you need.