The New VirtualLab Fusion 2026.1
VirtualLab Fusion 2026.1 fully embodies our vision of a virtual laboratory: every asset from a real lab is replaced by an Optical Digital Twin, all connected within the Digital Twin Platform for Light. The Optical Digital Twin Hub provides a central gateway to all sources, components, and detectors. Each twin communicates via a universal field-native protocol using electromagnetic fields, with the Field Tracing Engine orchestrating seamlessly to decouple the approximation level of light propagation and matter interaction from the field representation.
This isn't conceptual architecture – it's engineering reality. After years of foundational R&D, VirtualLab Fusion 2026.1 delivers a truly interoperable platform where optics work as a system, not as isolated components.
Optical Digital Twin Hub
VirtualLab Fusion 2026.1 introduces the Optical Digital Twin Hub – your central gateway to a new paradigm in optical modeling.
What the Hub Enables:
- Centralized access to all twins in one unified interface
- Mix and match sources, components, objects, and detectors freely
- Build complex systems from verified, simulation-ready blocks
Metalens Simulation
VirtualLab Fusion 2026.1 introduces a breakthrough in meta-optics simulation: surrogate models that make metalens simulation and design practical for real-world optical systems.
The Challenge
Accurate metalens simulation requires solving Maxwell's equations for millions of meta-atoms – a computationally intensive and time-consuming task that makes testing different designs or integrating metalenses into complete systems impractical.
Our Solution: Surrogate Models – Compute once, use everywhere.
Instead of running RCWA (Rigorous Coupled-Wave Analysis) on the fly for every meta-atom during metalens design and simulation, we train a neural network surrogate model once per meta-atom type. This training covers the full parameter space of meta-atom geometries and incident light conditions, requiring many RCWA calculations – but only once. The resulting surrogate model is then bound to the metalens, enabling near-instantaneous design and simulation.
Simulation Improvements
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View Improvements
- Usability & Performance
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Optical Setup Tools
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Detector Improvements
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Animation Generation
VirtualLab Fusion 2026.1 marks not just a new version, but the beginning of a new era in optical design: a truly interoperable platform where simulation intelligence lives where it belongs:
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