Highlights

FIGURE 1. At the end of the fiber, the output field is no longer the same as the input field. To absorb the outgoing wave, a general absorbing artificial material is used (aka a perfectly matched layer).
Software & Accessories

Full-wave multiphysics simulation of optical fibers

July 25, 2022
Full-wave multiphysics simulations for optical fibers require sophisticated modeling and simulation techniques.
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Lieven Penninck, founder and CEO of PlanOpSim.
Executive Forum

PlanOpSim and metamaterials customization

July 31, 2023
Jose Pozo, Optica’s CTO, talks to Lieven Penninck, founder and CEO of PlanOpSim, about his vision for metalens design and simulation.
(Image credit: Alexey Yamilov)
FIGURE 1. Image of an electromagnetic wave trapped inside a disordered metal.
Optics

Anderson localization of light does indeed exist

July 18, 2023
Researchers finally validate the phenomenon of Anderson localization of light—the three-dimensional trapping of electromagnetic waves—via advanced electromagnetics computations...
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Software & Accessories

Simulation and modeling for quantum photonics

June 14, 2023
Ivan Nikitski, EPIC’s Photonics Technology program manager, talks to Mirella Koleva, CEO and cofounder of Quantopticon, makers of simulation software to streamline the design ...
Vp Iphotonics
Software & Accessories

Simulation software offers over 900 ready-to-run simulation setups

June 11, 2023
Design Suite Version 11.4 advances the simulation and design flow for applications including free-space optics, among others.
Emergent Vision Technologies
Software & Accessories

Application development software features 3D reconstruction and texturing

March 19, 2023
eCapture Pro development software provides a graphical interface for system integration.
FIGURE 1. The metal-dielectric interface in a plane at y = 0. This system supports SPPs propagating in the x direction and exponentially decaying in the y direction.
Software & Accessories

Simulation of surface plasmon polaritons

March 10, 2023
The hunt is on for better plasmonic designs, and optical simulation software will play an important role.
Light Trans International
Software & Accessories

Physical optics software adds several updated features

Feb. 15, 2023
VirtualLab Fusion 2023.1 Physical Optics Software includes a new Universal Detector with detector modeling, among other new features.
Cytek Biosciences
Bio&Life Sciences

Cloud platform for flow cytometry allows remote experiment prep

Jan. 26, 2023
The Cytek Cloud features integrated tools to streamline workflows on the company’s cell sorters and analyzers.