NEWS

VirtualLab 4.0 is available now

(November 26, 2008)

With a lot of new powerful and user-friendly features, LightTrans provides you with a new optics modeling and design package. If you have already a license and valid upgrade service, use the update service program to install the new version. Otherwise ask for your trial version now. The Release Note...

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New Download Area

(November 06, 2008)

Together with the new design of our website, LightTrans has introduced the new

Download Area. We provide you with an ever increasing selection of documents, which should help you to learn more about the potential and the usage of VirtualLab™ toolboxes.

Such documents include, for example,  Vi...

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Workshop on VirtualLab ™ 4

(October 30, 2008)

LightTrans would like to invite you to our Workshop on Rapid System Investigation with VirtualLab™4. Be it in optics education, compiling your next project application or presentation or think of your day to day R&D, the many new features of VirtualLab™ 4 will assist you quickly and re...

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Release History VirtualLab™ 4

New and Updated Features in VirtualLab 4.0.1

The Release Notes describing enhancements and new features ofVirtualLab(TM) 4.0.1 are available as PDF document.

December 3, 2008.

New and Updated Features in VirtualLab 4.0

With a lot of new powerful and user-friendly features, LightTrans provides you with a new optics modeling and design package. If you have already a license and valid upgrade service, use the update service program to install the new version. Otherwise ask for your trial version now. The Release Note gives you an overview about the new features coming with VirtualLab 4.

November 2008.

Release History VirtualLab™ 3

New and Updated Features in VirtualLab™ 3.7

VirtualLab™ 3.7 introduces the new toolbox concept of LightTrans: the Starter Toolbox Professional Edition replaces the Analysis Toolbox, the Diffractive Optics Toolbox Basic Edition replaces the Design Toolbox.

New and Updated Features in VirtualLab™ 3.6

The following features have been added or updated in Version 3.6.

VirtualLab™ 3.6 supports latest Windows Operating Sytems:

  • Microsoft Vista, Vista x64
  • Microsoft XP, XP x64

VirtualLab™ 3.6 supports different license models:

  • Single User License (1 dongle per computer)
  • Network License (1 dongle attached to the server, floating license)
  • Education Licenses in conjunction with a Single User License

VirtualLab™ 3.6 supports real color imaging

  • Import of real color images
  • Visualization of real color images

VirtualLab™ x64 3.6 supports 64-bit and multi-core systems

  • VirtualLab™ x64 can make use of a multi-core system speeding up designs and simulations by a factor close to the number of CPU cores.
  • VirtualLab™ x64 can exploit the entire physical memory allowing higher spatial and spectral resolutions of fields.

 For more information on VirtualLab™ 3.6, feel free to read the PDF overview.

New and Updated Features in VirtualLab™ 3.5

The following features have been added or updated in Version 3.5.

  • Automated sampling option for sources, transmission functions and propagation operators allow you to concentrate on optics instead of numerics.
  • New light and data view visualizing all pertinent light field information at a glance, such as color, intensity, amplitude and phase of all three electric field components and polarization.
  • New source concept featuring a choice of multiple wavelengths, polarization and partial coherence for modeling thermal sources, LEDs, multimode and excimer  lasers.
  • New design of the main window and more intuitive structure of the menus.
  • Steadily increasing number of modules that are part of VirtualLab™. Several  modules for polychromatic source modeling and detectors are already available.