Cross-Platform Optical Modeling and Design with VirtualLab Fusion and MATLAB

VirtualLab Fusion allows external access to its solvers. This is helpful if data processing or optimization tools other than those of VirtualLab should be used. Via the standard batch mode, we demonstrate how to use MATLAB to trigger VirtualLab in the background to run optical simulations and output their results which can then be further processed and visualized with MATLAB's capabilities. As example rigorous grating analyses, parametric scanning and an optimization are shown.