New VirtualLab Fusion Product Family

With VLF 2023.2, all VirtualLab Fusion Advanced features are now included in the Grating Package.

This includes:

• Fourier Modal Method (FMM aka RCWA), which is a rigorous vectorial solver to analyze 1D and 2D periodic structures. This modeling technique is also used for grating components in VLF, as well as diffractive lenses.
• Advanced simulation of micro lens arrays (MLA), including channel decomposition techniques

• With VLF 2023.2 the Diffractive Optics Toolbox Silver is renamed to Diffractive Optics Package.
• The Diffractive Optics Package provides the iterative Fourier transform algorithm (IFTA) for designing beam splitters and diffusers.

• The Flat Lens Package includes all additional features of the old Diffractive Optics Toolbox Gold, i.e. the modeling of diffractive lenses by local linear grating approximation and the modeling of meta lenses by specialized solvers.
• The Flat Lens Package can be ordered independently of the Diffractive Optics Package.

The Light Shaping Package allows you the design of cell-array light-shaping elements.

• Including mirror cells, prism cells, and grating cells.

For modeling and designing waveguides (or lightguides) with grating couplers ( i.e. surface relief and holographic gratings), the Light Guide Toolbox has been provided so far.

• In VLF 2023.2, the Light Guide Toolbox is renamed to the AR/VR/XR Package which contains all features of the silver and the gold edition of the former toolbox*.
  *Note: All users of the previous Light Guide Toolbox silver will automatically receive the new AR/VR/XR Package as well.

With VLF 2023.2 we release the Distributed Computing Package as a new member of the VirtualLab Fusion product family.

• The Distributed Computing Package allows you to use network resources to speed up your simulations.
• Your workflow for modeling remains unchanged the time for complex simulations is just shortened.