NEWS

Enhancements of 3-D Grating Simulation

(August 27, 2010)

The simulation of 3-D grating structures is being considerably enhanced in the forthcoming version of VirtualLab™. Real 3-D grating structures are used more and more extensively for the design of optical components. The rigorous simulation techniques provided by VirtualLab™ give an insight to the op...

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Get in touch at SPIE Optics + Photonics, San Diego, CA, USA!

(July 13, 2010)

We offer several opportunities to learn more about VirtualLab™ at SPIE Optics + Photonics, San Diego, CA, USA, starting August 1, 2010. VirtualLab™ is being presented at the SPIE show at booth 628 of our distributor in the United States, Jenoptik Optical Systems, Inc. Further a free seminar on &quot...

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VirtualLab™ 4.8 Released

(July 09, 2010)

VirtualLab™ and VirtualLab™ Advanced 4.8 have been released. VirtualLab™ 4.8 extends the flexibility of 2-D grating simulations. Using so called stacks, the period of the structure can be defined by sequences of optical interfaces, including grating, conical, aspherical, sampled and programmable int...

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Tools

VirtualLab™ 4 technology features a variety of new tools which make optical modeling and design easy, accurate and enjoyable.

  • Light Path Editor and Light View: This tool allows you to select sources, components and detectors, fix their position in space, and specify the sequence in which the modeling should analyze the effects of components on the light field and the detector signals.
  • A non-sequential generalization is planned for release in 2009.
  • Parameter Run Editor provides you with a powerful method to define experimental series.
  • Session Editors feature a Wizard dialog to help you configure optical modeling tasks.
  • VirtualLab™ Explorer assists you with managing your VirtualLab ™ sessions.
  • Tolerancing Editor offers a user-friendly dialog for tolerancing your optical systems. This feature will be released in 2009.
  • Optimization Editor helps you manage advanced optimization techniques. Standard diffractive optics optimization is featured in v. 4.0. More optimization methods will be released in 2009.
The Light Path View and Editor provide you with a user-friendly environment to configure optical setups in laser optics, micro-optics and interferometry. Each component is modeled separately using suitable propagation techniques.
VirtualLab™ features a unique concept for modeling color, polarization, and temporal and spatial coherence. The example here shows the dispersion of polychromatic light modeled by a blackbody power spectrum.