Web Directory

» ABCD Laser Beam Propagation Software
   A Macintosh-based program for propagating Gaussian laser beams through various optical elements or calculating eigenmodes of simple resonators.
   http://www.novajo.ca/abcd/index.html

» ATMOS and AtmosFRINGE
   Amateur telescope maker optical design and analysis software is a program for designing and analyzing telescope configurations. AtmosFRINGE is an interferogram analysis software used to extract quantitative wavefront measurements from a laser interferogra
   http://www.atmos-software.it/

» Barnard Microsystems
   Develops microwave and optotelectronic device and circuit design software.
   http://www.barnardmicrosystems.com

» Bentec Multiplexed Hyperaspheric Optical Surfaces
   Provides free download optical software (aspheric/hyperaspheric), designs and manufactures aspheric polymer optics. Non-spherical wavefront transformation lenses are designed to specification.
   http://www.bentecservices.com/

» Breault Research Organization, Inc.
   Software and consulting services for the development and analysis of optical systems.
   http://www.breault.com/

» Computational Optics Group (COG)
   Software for computational optics and computational electromagnetics. Offers MaX-1, a general Maxwell solver, MMP is a Multiple Multipole Program, GMT solves for electrodynamic fields. Includes evolutionary optimization, genetic algorithms and evolutionar
   http://alphard.ethz.ch

» Diffraction International
   DURANGO interferometry software for data acquisition, analysis, evaluation and simulation. Support of many interferometer hardware.
   http://www.diffraction.com

» Diffractive Optics Design
   This site presents a new powerful and versatile softaware for diffractive optics design.
   http://diffractive.optics.free.fr/

» EM Explorer
   A software package consisting of a number of simulation engines for rigorous EM scattering and optical imaging simulations.
   http://www.emexplorer.net

» Electron Optical Design
   Software for the design of charged particle optics devices.
   http://www.lencova.com

» Engineering Calculations
   Offers KDP-2, an optical design and analysis program. Also provides custom optical design and analysis consulting services.
   http://www.ecalculations.com

» FCSEL OpenFilters
   Open source software for the design, optimization, and synthesis of optical interference coatings.
   http://www.polymtl.ca/larfis/English_Version/OF/OF_English.htm

» FTG Software Associates
   Software for optical thin film coating and spectrophotometer data acquisition
   http://www.ftgsoftware.com

» Femtosoft Technologies
   Sells retrieval software for the measurement of femtosecond laser pulses using Frequency-Resolved Optical Gating (FROG).
   http://www.femtosoft.biz

» Fit ;o)
   Mössbauer spectroscopy fitting and analysis program written in Borland Delphi. It has a graphical user interface that allows all actions to be carried out via mouse clicks or key shortcut operations.
   http://www.hjollum.com/jari/zzbug/fit

» Focus
   Curve fitting software for the Windows operating system that has been developed to facilitate spectroscopic modelling and data exchange.
   http://crmht.cnrs-orleans.fr/pot/software/focus.html

» Grating Solver Development Company
   GSOLVER is a tool for analysis of gratings with arbitrary groove profile based on full vector diffraction. Antenna Solver is a rigorous antenna analysis program
   http://www.gsolver.com

» HOLOOR
   Offers DOE-CAD, a software for design, masks generation and performance modeling of diffractive optical elements. The company also provides beam shapers and focusers, F-Theta lenses and lenslet arrays.
   http://www.holoor.co.il

» Hesotar
   Virtual Nonlinear Optics Workbook. The software enables students and scientists to perform numerical experiments in nonlinear optics. A free demo is provided.
   http://www.hesotar.com

» IME Software
   Provides physics educational software: RAYTRACE, for teaching geometrical optics, GASSIM is a molecular simulation program, ELF is an electric field and equipotential plotter.
   http://members.ozemail.com.au/~imesoft/

» Imatest
   A software that uses inexpensive and widely-available test charts to measure device sharpness (MTF), perceptual sharpness (SQF) and many other parameters.
   http://www.imatest.com

» International Intellectual Group, Inc.
   PC Grate is a software for calculations of diffraction efficiency of different types of relief gratings on PCs.
   http://www.pcgrate.com/

» LAS-CAD GmbH
   Laser cavity design and analysis code LASCAD, including FEA and DPSSL analysis.
   http://www.las-cad.com/

» Lambda Research Corporation
   Their products include the TracePro software for illumination analysis featuring tutorials on using a light pipe and the OSLO optical lens design software.
   http://www.lambdares.com/

» Laser Fourier Adaptive Method (LaserFOAM)
   Simulates the propagation of ultrashort laser pulses in photonic crystal fibers using an adaptive split-step Fourier method (free, python).
   http://laserfoam.sourceforge.net/

» LensForge
   A lens design software for Mac OS X that makes possible the simulation of ray propagation in different optical systems.
   http://www.ripplon.com/LensForge/

» Light Tec
   Distributor of software for optical design, illumination, straylight, integrated optics and color measurements.
   http://www.lighttec.fr/

» LightTrans VirtualLab
   Provides tools that allow straightforward analysis of systems, design of diffractive optical elements and beam shapers, analysis of gratings and laser resonator analysis.
   http://www.lighttrans.com/

» Lighting Technologies
   Provides software for photometric analysis and lighting design of non-imaging optical systems. Products are Photopia and Lumen Micro.
   http://www.lighting-technologies.com/

» MC Grating
   Software for grating analysis and design based on Chandezon, True and Fourier methods.
   http://www.mcgrating.com

» MIE Software
   Software for Mie scattering calculations.
   http://omlc.ogi.edu/software/mie/

» MIT Photonic-Bands
   Software for computing optical band structures (dispersion relations) in periodic dielectric structures and photonic crystals (free, C source).
   http://ab-initio.mit.edu/mpb/

» MODAS - Modern Optical Design and Analysis Software
   Paraxial and Seidel calculations, spot diagrams, ray fans, 3D wave aberrations and energy distribution, optical layout, optimization. (MS-Win, free crippled version available).
   http://members.kabsi.at/i.krastev/modas/

» MS Macrosystem
   Offers 3-dimensional visualization software for laser beam topography, optical interferometry, and atomic force microscopy.
   http://www.msmacrosystem.nl/

» Multilayer Rigorous Coupled Wave Analysis (MRCWA)
   A fast, flexible optical grating solver. It calculates an exact solution using Maxwell's equations for the diffraction of light from an optical grating defined by the user through a set of intuitive python bindings.
   http://mrcwa.sourceforge.net

» NaturalGrafiX: ImageIron
   A high precision software used for automatic capture and removal of lens aberrations (such as distortion and vignetting) of high-end digital cameras.
   http://www.naturalgrafix.com

» OPTIS
   Optical design and analysis software. CAD software for light simulation. Products are SPEOS, SOLSTIS, OPTICALC and LIGHT.
   http://www.optis-world.com

» OXALIS-LASER
   3D coherent beam propagation and Gaussian beam propagation software along optical systems and laser cavities, including diffraction, gain saturation, thermal lensing and others physical effects. Products are SimCa and COMMOD.
   http://www.oxalis-laser.com

» OpTaliX
   Comprehensive optical design and thin film analysis software. Supports 3d surface tilts, aspheres, gratings, gradient index, spline deformation, optimization, diffraction analysis, coatings.
   http://www.optenso.de

» Optalix
   Software for optical system design, thin-films and illumination.
   http://www.optenso.com/

» Optical Data Solutions, Inc.
   Offers LensVIEW, a CD-ROM database of lens design examples found in the optical design literature, mainly from patents. Includes more than 30000 individual designs.
   http://www.ods-inc.com

» Optical Research Associates
   Optical design and illumination software. Also pages educating about optics.
   http://www.opticalres.com/

» Optical Systems Design, Inc.
   Information and download of SYNOPSYS lens design program (SYNthesis of OPtical SYStems) evaluation copy.
   http://www.osdoptics.com

» OpticalSoftware
   Different optical software packages. Lens designer, ray tracker and custom material creator.
   http://www.opticalsoftware.net

» Optics Lab
   Optical raytracing software for optical design and analysis.
   http://www.optics-lab.com

» Optics Lab Optical Ray Tracing Software
   Program helps use evaluate optical systems for performance standards. Page includes list of specifications, free demo and pricing information.
   http://www.science-lab.com/

» Optima-Research
   Supplies equipment and software for scientists and engineers. Also provides training in computer-based optical design and modelling.
   http://www.optima-research.com

» Optiwave
   Software for integrated and fiber optics.
   http://www.optiwave.com/

» Photon Design
   Provides a suite of photonics software including a mode solver, optical propagation tool, design and simulation tools.
   http://www.photondesign.com/

» Photon Engineering
   Optical engineering and optics-related software development such as FRED (optical engineering software package).
   http://www.photonengr.com

» Quick MTF
   This software is designed for assessment and comparison of the major lens quality components. It measures resolution and chromatic aberration.
   http://www.quickmtf.com

» RSoft Design Group, Inc.
   Photonics design automation software. Offers a range of photonic and network design automation products including a component design suite, the simulation of single mode and multimode optical communication systems and a network modeling package.
   http://www.rsoftdesign.com

» SCIOPT Enterprises
   Software for Optical, Laser, and Integrated Optical system design. Products are PARAXIA, SIGRAPH-OPTIK, OPTEC.
   http://www.sciopt.com

» Sarkomand Software
   Optical simulation, particle beams, and other scientific software (Macintosh).
   http://www.sarkomand.com/

» Scientific Computing International SCI
   Software for optical thin film design, characterization and metrology systems. Current products include: Film Wizard, Film Spectrum and Film Ellipse.
   http://www.sci-soft.com

» Semiconsoft
   Thin Film Optical Metrology Software (Ellipsometry, Reflectance, Transmittance) for research and development and production. The main product is TFCompanion, a software application for thin film analysis and metrology. Includes analytical tools for interp
   http://www.semiconsoft.com/

» Sinclair Optics, Inc.
   OSLO optical design software. Free evaluation level OSLO LT available.
   http://www.sinopt.com/

» Sky Scientific Optical Design and Astronomy
   Offers optical design software for engineering professionals, students and educators. Products for astronomy and astrophotography.
   http://www.skyscientific.com/

» Software Spectra
   Software for designing and manufacturing optical multi-layer thin film coatings. Its primary product is TFCalc.
   http://www.sspectra.com

» Stellar Software.
   Beam III, IV, optical raytracer for use by students and optical engineers. Windows and Mac versions available.
   http://www.stellarsoftware.com/

» TEC++
   Optical design and analysis software VOB by METEC with optimization.
   http://www.tecplusplus.de/

» Thin Film Center, Inc.
   Offers optical thin film design and analysis software and product descriptions for Essential Macleod. Training services and consulting for the coating industry.
   http://www.thinfilmcenter.com/

» UNIGIT
   Vector optical diffraction solver for 2D and 3D patterned multilayer stacks and gratings based on the MMFE and the Rayleigh-Fourier Method.
   http://www.unigit.com

» Universitat de Barcelona
   The Optical Charactersisation Group offers software tools for the optical characterisation of thin film materials and multilayer stacks based on spectrophotometric and ellipsometric measurements.
   http://www.ub.es/optmat/index.html

» WaveSim
   FRESNEL, software that simulates laser beam propagation through various optical schemes.
   http://wavesimsoft.ru

» Wavelab Scientific Ptd., Ltd
   Provider of ZEMAX optical design software, ZEMAX training courses, tfcalc thin film design software and laser cavity design software.
   http://www.wavelab-sci.com

» WinLase
   Software for laser resonator design and gaussian beam propagation (MS-Win, demo available).
   http://www.winlase.com/

» ZEMAX
   Software for all aspects of optical system design.
   http://zemax.com/