Optica Software
Optica Software is a commercial optical design program used for the design and analysis of both imaging and illumination systems. [1] It works by ray tracing the propagation of rays through an optical system. It performs polarization ray-tracing, non-sequential ray-tracing, energy calculations, and optimization of optical systems in three-dimensional space. It also performs symbolic modeling of optical systems, diffraction, interference, wave-front, and Gaussian beam propagation calculations. Some common applications include holography, [2] x-ray optics, Cerenkov radiation, [3] microwave optics, telescope optics, laser design, eye models [4] and solar concentrators. [5]
History
Optica was originally developed by Donald Barnhart of Urbana, Illinois, USA, and has been in continual development since 1994. Wolfram Research first sold the original version as a Mathematica application. It was later sold by Optica Software, now part of Barnhart Optical Research.
Editions
- Optica 3 and 4
- Rayica/Wavica ( now part of Optica 3 and greater)
- LensLabs ( includes all the Optica 1 features)
See also
- Advanced Systems Analysis Program (ASAP)
- Optics Software for Layout and Optimization (OSLO)
- Zemax
- HEXAGON (optical software)
- Fred Optical Engineering Software
- TracePro
- Lighttools
- Optical engineering
- Optical lens design
References
- ↑ "Archived Copy". Archived from the original on 2014-08-26. Retrieved 2014-10-21.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)
- ↑ "Archived Copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-26. Retrieved 2014-10-21.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)
- ↑ [1][permanent dead link]
- ↑ [2]
- ↑ [3][permanent dead link]
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