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The purpose of this site is to provide a comprehensive list of links related to optical design and optical engineering. The links are ordered alphabetically by product for each category and do not indicate ranking. We hope you find this list both informative and useful. Please e-mail suggestions and corrections to info@optenso.de. See also our legal notice and our web policy.

Lens Design Software Testing Organizations
Thin Film Design Software Illumination, Straylight Standards
Laser Design and Integrated Optics Software Manufacturing Periodicals
Glass Manufacturers, Optical Materials Engineering Optical Cements and Adhesives
Other useful links    

Lens Design Software:

ABCD Gaussian beam propagation software.
Aberrator Software for simulation of star-test images.
ADOS Optical design, analysis and optimization program. Also offers global optimization.
ASAP System analysis program from Breault Research Organization, Inc. for imaging and illumination applications.
ATMOS Amateur Telescope Maker Optical Software
Beam II, III, IV Raytracing Software from Stellar Software. Available in three levels for Windows PC and Power Mac.
Beamseeker Very simple interactive Gaussian laser beam trace spreadsheet software programs using Microsoft ExcelTM
Code V Comprehensive optical design software by "Optical Research Associates"
Cyber Ray Software for optics simulation and particle beam modelling.
dbOptic Optical design database software
DECAD Diffractive optics design. For Linux OS only.
Enterprise Optical design software. This program has been renamed twice. Formerly KDP (Klein's Design Program) respectively Roadrunner.
FRED Optics related software development by "Photon Engineering"
GAUSSOPT_ik Evaluation of paraxial properties of lenses and selection of Schneider lenses.
GSOLVER Analysis of diffraction gratings of arbitrary groove profiles.
Hohner Optic Inexpensive program designed to estimate aberrations of optical systems.
KDP-2 Free optical design program from Jim Klein.
Lens Forge Lens Design Program for Mac OS X
LensVIEW A CD-ROM database with more than 30000 design examples from US patent literature and Japanese patent literature.
Lightmachinery Some handy optical calculations, require the use of Microsoft Internet Explorer.
LightTools Virtual prototyping of optical and illumination systems by "Optical Research Associates"
Looking Glass A geometric optics construction set. Interactive physics package that helps students visualize and understand the effects of optical components on light rays.
MODAS "Modern Optical Design and Analysis Software", free crippled version available.
ODYSSEY Optical design with 2D/3D view and CAD-style user interface.
OLIVE Optical layout including video elements software from Edmund Optics.
OpTaliX Comprehensive Software for optical design and thin film coatings.
Opticalc Software for illumination, displays, light pipes, etc.
Optics Lab Optical ray tracing software by Science Lab Software
OPTEC Lens design / raytrace program.
Optica Optical design application for Mathematica from Wolfram Research. Note that this package is no longer distributed by Wolfram Research. See Optica Software instead.
Optical Base Mirror design and testing aid software, specifically for telescopes.
Optics One Optical system raytracer for classroom use.
Optikwerks Optics and laser CAD package.
Opus Optical analysis software.
OSLO Comprehensive optical design and analysis software. Now sold by Lambda Research.
PC Grate Analysis of multi-layer diffraction gratings of various groove profiles.
RAYTRACE by IME Software, teaching geometrical optics.
RAYTRACE Optical design software by Dr.Lindlein, Univ. Erlangen, Germany. Includes non-sequential raytrace, wave aberrations, PSF, MTF, interferograms. Currently for DOS only, Windows version in preparation.
ReflectorCAD Design software for segmented reflectors.
Snell Trace Free ray tracing program
SYNOPSIS Comprehensive lens design and analysis package from Optical System Design, Inc.
Trace Ray tracing program for DOS. Limited to axially symmetric optical systems.
UNIGIT A versatile rigorous grating solver.
VOB Virtual Optical Bench by Metec, Inc. Also available from Dr.V.Schmidt GmbH
WinLens Optical design software including tolerancing module.
ZEMAX Optical design and analysis software by Focus Software Inc.
ZEBASE Collection of a large number of optical designs in ZEMAX format.

Laser Design and Integrated Optics Software:

BeamSeeker Interactive Gaussian laser beam trace spreadsheet software programs using Microsoft Excel (required).
DIFFRACT Propagation of coherent beams.
FemtoSoft Software for implementing Frequency-Resolved Optical Gating, a technique for measuring the time-dependent intensity and phase of a femtosecond laser pulse.
FreeBPM Free beam propagation (BPM) software.
Fresnel Simulation and analysis of laser beam propagation.
GLAD Physical Optics and Laser Analysis Software.
Hesotar Virtual Nonlinear Optics Workbook (vNOW). The software enables students and scientists to perform numerical experiments in nonlinear optics of two- or multi-level atoms.
LASCAD Multiphysics simulation to optimize design of laser resonators.
Laserwerks Design and simulation of complex laser systems.
LightPipes Beam propagation toolbox for Unix and DOS. Source code released under GNU copyright license.
Lumerical Offers 2D/3D single-computer and parallel FDTD and an optical mode solver that solves arbitrary waveguide geometries including photonic crystal fiber.
Madmax Simulation tools for the photonics industry (mode solvers, fiber bragg grating solver, photonic crystal solver).
OlympIOs Design, simulation and mask layout for integrated optics.
OPTI BPM Computer modeling of a variety of integrated and fibre optics guided wave problems.
Optiwave Software for integrated and fiber optics.
Oxalis Simulation Software in optics and lasers (SimCa, CommodPro, SPIR, Thermopt).
Paraxia Laser system design.
Photon Design Photonics software (OmniSim, RmmProp, CrystalWave) for omnidirectional layout, propagation and crystal design.
SimCa Gaussian beam propagation along optical systems and laser cavities.
UNIGIT Universal rigorous grating solver based on the RCWA and the Rayleigh-Fourier method.
VPIphotonics Active and passive component, system and link engineering tools. Also provides software modules to design, verify and evaluate active and passive components, fiber amplifiers, DWDM transmission systems and broadband access networks.
WinLase Laser design and gaussian beam propagation.

Thin Film Design Software:

Essential Macleod Thin film design and analysis software.
Film Wizard Software for optimization and synthesis of optical thin film coatings. Other products are Film Tec 2000, Film Monitor, Film Ellipse.
FilmStar A suite of Windows programs for designing, manufacturing and measuring optical thin film coatings. There is also a free version.
FreeSnell Freeware program to compute optical properties of multilayer thin-film coatings.
Multilayer Thin film analysis software
OptiLayer Software for optical coating design, characterization and manufacturing.
SemiconSoft Thin Films Measurement Software
TFCalc Software for designing and manufacturing optical thin film coatings.

Illumination and Straylight Software:

Apilux O++ Optical design software dedicated to photometric applications, optical design and multi-channel systems.
ASAP System analysis program from Breault Research Organization, Inc. for imaging and illumination applications.
APART Software for straylight analysis.
Lightning Technologies Advanced lighting design software.
OptiCAD Non-sequential illumination, optical analysis and visualization program.
Optis-Works Simulation of light propagation integrated in SolidWorks CAD software
Photopia Luminaire design package.
Radiant Imaging Light source characterization, illumination design software.
ScatLab Software for electromagnetic scattering simulations mainly based on Mie theory.
SciSoft Software for light scattering in dispersive media.
SOLEXIS Data resource for black, white, reflective and transmissive surfaces.
SOLSTIS Software for photometry, laser simulation and optical calculations.
SPECTER Optical design and analysis software for lightning, automobile and aerospace industries.
SPEOS CAD software for light simulation.
TracePro Performance modeling of optical systems and illumination systems.

Testing Software:

APEX Software for interferogram analysis.
AtmosFringe Interferogram Analysis Software.
Durango Interferometry software with support of many interferometer hardware.
Focus Curve fitting software to facilitate spectroscopic modelling and data exchange.
Fringe Catch Interferometric fringe processing software.
Optikos MTF testing.
Ronchi for Windows Simulates the appearance of a mirror while undergoing the Ronchi test.

Manufacturing:

Bentec Services Ltd. Aspheric optical design, mould tool inserts, polymer optics manufacturing and multiplexed, hyperaspherical surfaces.
DOE-CAD Software for design, mask generation and performance modeling of diffractive optical elements.


Glass Manufacturers, Optical Materials:

Almaz Optics Distributor of russian optics and optical materials.
Azom.com The A to Z of Materials. On-Line materials information site, supplier and expert directory.
Cargille Optical liquids
Cerac Coating materials
Chinese Glasses Chengdu Guanming Optoelectronic Information Material Co. Ltd.
Cradley-Crystals Synthetic single- and polycrystal products.
Crystran Manufacturer of IR & UV optical materials.
CVD Materials CVD Silicon Carbide and Infrared Materials.
Glass Bank Compilation of optical glass data from different manufacturers.
Gradient Lens Gradient Lens Corp. (GLC), USA, Manufacturer of EndogrinTM radial gradients.
Grinext Gradient index optics for imaging and communications, Russia.
Grintech Gradient index microoptics for telecom, endoscopy, etc.
Hikari Precision optical glass manufacturer, Japan
Hoya Precision optical glass manufacturer, Japan
Ioffe Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute, Semiconductor materials characterization and properties.
Kruschwitz Material for optical thin films and interference coatings.
LightPath Manufacturer of GradiumTM axial gradient index glass.
MakeTech Non-metallic single and poly crystal materials.
Molecular Technology Single crystals, materials and components.
NIST Materials properties.
NSG Nippon Sheet Glass (NSG), USA website, Manufacturer of SelfocTM radial gradients
OHARA Manufacturer of precision optical glass. If your browser does not support Flash, try http://www.ohara-gmbh.de (in German).
Pilkington Optical Glass manufacturer.
Schott Schott Glass, Germany
Sopra Refractive indices from former SOPRA website.
SPI Supplies Manufacturer and distributor of sample preparation equipment and supplies for electron and light microscope laboratories.
Sumita Sumita Glass Company, Japan


Optical Cements and Adhesives:

Dymax High performance adhesives and light curing equipment.
Intertronics Fiber optics and two-part optical epoxies.
Norland Optical adhesives
Nye Optical Products Index matching fluids and gels.
Summers Optical Optical cements and adhesives.


Engineering:

Engineering Reference Practical engineering data and tools for medical device professionals.
Precision-Optical Engineering Design, development, production and testing of optical components for use in the visible and infrared regions of the spectrum.


Periodicals, Publications:

Photonics Spectra
Design News
Europhotonics
Fiber Optics Online
Laser Focus World Optoelectronics and laser technology.
Lasers and Optronics
Lightwave Fiber-optic communications technology and application worldwide
Photonics Online
Photonics Spectra
OE Reports
OE Magazine Monthly publication of SPIE, International society for optical engineering.

Standards:

NIST Nat'l Inst. of Standards and Technology
BIPM International Bureau of Weights and Measures
BSI Britisch Standards Institution
DIN Deutsches Institut f. Normung.
ISO International Standards Organization
ANSI American Nat'l Standards Institute
CIE International Commission on Illumination
CORM Council of Optical Radiation Measurements
IESNA Illumination Engineering Society of North America
OEOSC Optics and Electro-Optics Standards Council
optics.org Overview on optical standards by optics.org, the online photonics resource.


Organizations, Associations:

OSA Optical Society of America
APOMA American Precision Optics Manufacturers Association
ASPE American Society for Precision Engineering
NES/OSA New England Section of the OSA
Photonics Resource Center The Photonics Resource Center.
SPIE International Society for Optical Engineering
DGaO Deutsche Gesellschaft für angewandte Optik
EOS European Optical Society


Other useful links:

3D Lens Fresnel lenses and polarizers.
Dallas Lasik Eye Surgery Lasik and HD-Lasik Provider.
Don Barron Converts Zemax optical designs to POVRAY and shows photorealistic renderings of optical designs. A similar feature is found in OpTaliX
Function Parser Module Function Parser by Stuart Midgley (in Fortran)
IODC Lens design problem summary (1998 International Optical Design Conference, Kona, Hawaii)
GratingLab Diffraction grating handbook 5th Ed. by Christopher Palmer
Lasersale Laser products including laser diodes, sights, green laser pointers, and aiming modules.
Machine Vision Systems An overview of machine vision systems manufacturers.
MicroPhotonic Recruiters Technical recruiting firm exclusively committed to to the Optical Industry. Specialized in locating and qualifying photonic talents in the market.
Minerals Spectroscopy Information about color in minerals, access to data on mineral absorption spectra.
Optics 2001 Comprehensive Library on all subjects related to optics
Optics Net Optics directory
OpticsNotes An index of optics & photonics tutorials, references and resources.
SpieWeb Discussion forums hosted by SPIE.
sci.optics Optics newsgroup.
TICRA Electromagnetic analysis of reflector Antenna and Scatterers.




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