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Technical Papers

Synopsys Optical Solutions Group’s technical staff have written the following technical papers. Our objective is to share these papers with our customers and prospective customers in order to help achieve success on their own projects.

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Bahl, Heller, Scarmozzino, et al.
 “Non-Monochromatic 3D Optical Simulation of HgCdTe Focal Plane Arrays”, Journal of Electronic Materials, June 18, 2018
Crowther, Blake et al.
 "OCAMS: The OSIRIS-REx Camera Suite." Space Science Review (2018) 214:26, January/February 2018.
Ghillino, et al.
 “The Synopsys Software Environment to Design and Simulate Photonic Integrated Circuits: A Case Study for 400G Transmission”, ICTON, 2018.
Rodgers, et al.
 "The Galaxy Evolution Probe: A concept for a mid and far-infrared space observatory", Proc. SPIE. 10698, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018.
Rodgers, et al.
 “Architecture for space-based exoplanet spectroscopy in the mid-infrared”, Proc. SPIE 10698, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave, 106980L (6 July 2018).
Rodgers, et al.
 "HabEx Lite: a Starshade-only Habitable Exoplanet Imager Alternative", Proc. SPIE 10698, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave, 106980X (6 July 2018).
Zhao, Thompson, et al. "Experimental investigation in nodal aberration theory (NAT) with a customized RitcheyChrétien system: third-order coma," Optics Express 8729, Vol. 26, No. 7, April 2018.

2017

Bahl, Mayank; Heller, Evan; Scarmozzino, Robert; et al.
 “Broadband 3D optical modeling of HgCdTe infrared focal plane arrays.” NUSOD, IEEE 978-1-5090-5323-0/17, 2017.
Crowther, Rogers
 “Desensitization in Aspheric and Freeform Optical Design”, OSA International Optical Design Conference, 2017.
Herrmann, Xu, Bahl, Jacobsen
 "Modeling diffractive effects due to micro-lens arrays on liquid crystal panels in projectors", Proc. SPIE 10110, Photonic Instrumentation Engineering IV, 1011003 (February 20, 2017).
Kahan “Optical Modeling and Performance Predictions IX”, SPIE Conference 10374, August 2017.
Magarill, Cassarly, Jenkins, et al.
 "Parametric model of volumetric scattering."  OSA International Optical Design Conference, 2017. 
Rodgers “Freeform Surfaces for Low Distortion Reflective Imagers”, International Optical Design Conference, 2017.
Rogers "Origins and Fundamentals of Nodal Aberration Theory", OSA International Optical Design Conference, 2017.

2016

Bahl, Heller, Cassarly, Scarmozzino "Accounting for coherent effects in the ray-tracing of LEDs with interface gratings via mixed-level simulation," Opt. Eng. 55(1), January 2016.
Bahl, Heller, Cassarly, Scarmozzino, et al. "Mixed-level simulation of opto-electronic devices," 2016 International Conference on Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices (NUSOD), Sydney, NSW, 2016, pp. 101-102.
Cassarly "Design of Efficient Illumination Systems." SPIE Photonics West 2016. Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA. 14 February 2016. Illumination Design Course.
Irving, Hasenauer, Mulder "Multi-tool design and analysis of an automotive HUD", Proc. SPIE 10021, Optical Design and Testing VII, 100210F (October 31, 2016).
Mena, et al. "Encircled Angular Flux Representation of the Modal Power Distribution and Its Behavior in a Step Index Multimode Fiber," Journal of Lightwave Technology, Feb. 1, 2016.
Ragnow "Virtual Light Sources - Efficient Design Options for Automotive Lighting," International Forum on Automotive Lighting (IFAL) 2016, Shanghai, China, June 2016.
Stone, et al. "Low-Order Aberration Coefficients Applied to Design of Telescopes with Freeform Surfaces," International Conference on Space Optics 2016, Biarritz, France, October 2016.
Thompson, et al. "Volumetric rendering and metrology of spherical gradient refractive index lens imaged by angular scan optical coherence tomography system." Optics Express, Vol. 24, Issue 17, pp. 19388-19404.
Thompson, Rodgers, et al. "Validation of the corrective optics on the Hubble Space Telescope 1st Servicing Mission," J. Astron. Telesc. Instrum. Syst. 2(3), 034001 (2016), doi: 10.1117/1.JATIS.2.3.034001.

2015

Hasenauer, Stone "Limitations of using M-squared for input beam characterization in simulation software," Proc. SPIE 9626, Optical Systems Design 2015: Optical Design and Engineering VI, 96260K.
Magarill, Cassarly "Illumination system design with multi-step optimization," Proc. SPIE 9572, Nonimaging Optics: Efficient Design for Illumination and Solar Concentration XII, 95720H.
Ragnow "The Impact of Approximate Modeling on Simulation Results," International Forum on Automotive Lighting (IFAL) conference 2015.
Rogers "Compensator selection considerations for a zoom lens," Proc. SPIE 9580, Zoom Lenses V, 958009.
Rogers "Global optimization and desensitization," Proc. SPIE 9633, Optifab 2015, 96330S (October 11, 2015).
Rogers "Slope sensitivities for optical surfaces," Proc. SPIE 9582, Optical System Alignment, Tolerancing, and Verification IX, 958206.

2014

Bahl, et al. "Optical Simulations of Organic Light-Emitting Diodes through a Combination of Rigorous Electromagnetic Solvers and Monte Carlo Ray-Tracing Methods," Proc. SPIE 9190, Thirteenth International Conference on Solid State Lighting, 919009.
Bahl, Zhou, et al. "Mixed-level optical simulations of light-emitting diodes based on a combination of rigorous electromagnetic solvers and Monte Carlo ray-tracing methods," Proc. SPIE 9190, Thirteenth International Conference on Solid State Lighting, 919009.
Cassarly "IODC 2014 Illumination Design Problem: The Cinderella Lamp," International Optical Design Conference, 2014.
Cassarly, et al. "Supporting conic design methods and conic intersection properties," Proc. SPIE 8834, Nonimaging Optics: Efficient Design for Illumination and Solar Concentration X, 88340L.
Davenport, Schupp "LED Tail Lamp Design, Meeting Specifications While Creating Desirable Spatial Distributions," IFAL conference 2014.
Ghillino, et al. "Simulation of Silicon Photonic Coherent PM-QPSK Transceivers Using Microring Modulators", IEEE, Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2014 16th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks.
Hayford "Grey's Orthonormal Optimization: a 50-year Retrospective", Classical Optics 2014, OSA Technical Digest, Optical Society of America, 2014, paper ITu1A.2.
Jenkins "Phosphor modeling and characterization," Optical Engineering Volume 53, Issue 11.
Magarill and Jenkins "Hollow Backlight Parametric Study",Classical Optics 2014, OSA Technical Digest, Optical Society of America, 2014, paper ITh1A.4.
Mena "Mixed-level optical-system simulation incorporating component-level modeling of interface elements," Proc. SPIE 8991, Optical Interconnects XIV, 899111, March 2014.
Rogers "Passive Athermalization: Required Accuracy of the Thermo-Optical Coefficients", Classical Optics 2014, OSA Technical Digest, Optical Society of America, 2014, paper IM4A.3.
Thompson "Are freeform telescopes more alignment sensitive?" EOSAM BERLIN.
Thompson "The Implications of Computational Imaging for Lens Design".
Thompson "A page from "the drawer": How Roland Shack opened the door to the aberration theory of freeform optics", Proc. SPIE 9186, Fifty Years of Optical Sciences at The University of Arizona, 91860A.
Thompson "Theory of aberration fields for general optical systems with freeform surfaces," Opt. Express 22, 26585-26606.
Thompson "Will Computational Imaging Change Lens Design?", Classical Optics 2014, OSA Technical Digest, Optical Society of America, 2014, paper JM1A.3.
Thompson, et al. "Assembly of a freeform off-axis optical system employing three φ-polynomial, Zernike mirrors," Optics Letters, 2014.
Thompson, et al. "Interferometric measurement of a concave φ-polynomial, Zernike mirror," Optics letters, Vol. 39, No. 1, Jan. 2014.
Thompson, et al. "Nodal Abberation Theory Applied to Freeform Surfaces", Classical Optics 2014, OSA Technical Digest, Optical Society of America, 2014, paper ITh2A.5.
Young, et al. "Multi-order Retarders and the Mystery of Retardance Discontinuities", Classical Optics 2014, OSA Technical Digest, Optical Society of America, 2014, paper JTu5A.25.
Young, et al. "A Review of Skew Aberration, the Intrinsic Polarization Aberration in High NA Optical Systems", Classical Optics 2014, OSA Technical Digest, Optical Society of America, 2014, paper ITu1A.4.

2013

Cassarly "Application of Conic Intersection Properties to Freeform Reflector Design," in Renewable Energy and the Environment, OSA Technical Digest (online) (Optical Society of America, 2013), paper FT2B.2.
Cassarly "Target flux estimation by calculating intersections between neighboring conic reflector patches," Opt. Lett. 38, 5012-5015 (2013).
Davenport "Daytime Running Light Design Approach," Proceeding of the 1st International Forum on Automotive Lighting (IFAL 2013).
Davenport "Daytime Running Light Design Approach," Proceeding of the 1st International Forum on Automotive Lighting (IFAL 2013).
Gregory et al. "Data format standard for sharing light source measurements", Proc. SPIE 8835, LED-based Illumination Systems, 88350D.
Magarill "Fast implementation of Oliker’s ellipses technology to build free form reflector," SPIE Proceedings Vol. 8834, Nonimaging Optics: Efficient Design for Illumination and Solar Concentration X, October 2013.
Rogers "The importance of induced aberrations in the correction of secondary color," Adv. Opt. Techn., 2(1): p. 41-51, 2013.
Thompson "Optical Coherence Tomography Enabling Non Destructive Metrology of Layered Polymeric GRIN Material," Scientific Reports, 3:1709, 2013.
Thompson "Realizing Freeform: A LWIR Imager in a Spherical Package", Renewable Energy and the Environment, OSA Technical Digest, Optical Society of America, 2013, paper FW1B.2.
Thompson, et al. "The astigmatic aberration field in active primary mirror astronomical telescopes," Adv. Opt. Techn., 2(1): p. 89-95, 2013.
Thompson, et al. "Freeform Optics Enabling Optics in Three Dimensions," Imaging and Applied Optics, J. Christou and D. Miller, eds., OSA Technical Digest (online) (Optical Society of America, 2013), paper CW4C.
Thompson, et al. "Some Extremes in Conventional Lens Design," Imaging and Applied Optics, J. Christou and D. Miller, eds., OSA Technical Digest (online) (Optical Society of America, 2013).
Young "Skew aberration analysis," SPIE Proceedings Vol. 8550, Optical Systems Design Jan. 2013.

2012

Cassarly et al. "Direct calculation algorithm for 2D reflector design," Optics Letters, Opt. Lett. 37, 3852-3854, July 2012.
McGuire, Kuper "Approaching direct optimization of as-built lens performance," Paper 8487-12, Conference 8487, SPIE Optics + Photonics 2012.
Rogers, John "Modeling Homogeneity For Elements Made Of Block Glass," EOS OSJ, 2012.

2011

Cassarly et al. "Lightpipe device for delivery of uniform illumination for photodynamic therapy of the oral cavity," Applied Optics, Vol. 50, Issue 16, pp. 2322-2325 (2011).
Fournier "A review of beam shaping strategies for LED lighting," Proc. 8170, SPIE Illumination Optics II, 2011.
Rogers "Orthogonal polynomials and tolerancing," Proc. Vol. 8131, SPIE Optics + Photonics, 2011.
Thompson, et al. "A new family of optical systems employing φ-polynomial surfaces," Optics Express, Vol. 19, Issue 22, pp. 21919-21928, 2011.

2010

Cakmakci, Thompson, Vallee, Cote, and Rolland "Design of a Freeform Single-Element Head-Worn Display," Proc. SPIE 7618, 761803, 2010.
Cassarly "Iterative Reflector Design Using a Cumulative Flux Compensation Approach," in International Optical Design Conference, OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optical Society of America), paper IThA2, 2010.
Davenport "Asymmetric Fresnel Lenses in CPV," International Conference on Concentrating Photovoltaic Systems, April 2010, in Freiburg, Germany.
Fournier, Cassarly, and Rolland "Fast freeform reflector generation using source-target maps," Opt. Express 18, 5295-5304, 2010.
Kuper and Rogers "Automatic Determination of Optimal Aspheric Placement," in International Optical Design Conference, OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optical Society of America), paper IThB3, 2010.
McGuire "Manufacturable Mobile Phone Optics: Higher Order Aspheres Are Not Always Better," in International Optical Design Conference, OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optical Society of America), paper ITuF6, 2010.
McGuire "Next-generation head-mounted display," Proc. SPIE 7618, 761804, 2010.
Thompson, Schmid, and Rolland "Recent Discoveries from Nodal Aberration Theory," in International Optical Design Conference, OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optical Society of America), paper IThB2, 2009.

2009

Cassarly et al. "Freeform reflector design with extended sources," SPIE Optics + Photonics Conference, 2009.
Cassarly et al. "Tailored Freeform Reflectors for Extended Non-Lambertian Sources," OSA Frontiers in Optics, 2009.
Gupta "Design of an Optimal LED Coupler," OSA Frontiers in Optics, 2009.
Thompson, Stone "Modeling interferometers with lens design software: beyond ray-based approaches, " SPIE Optics + Photonics Conference, 2009.

2008

Rogers "Slope Tolerances," 2008 Invited Paper, ODF08 Taipei, 2008.

2007

Cassarly "Backlight Pattern Optimization," SPIE Photonics Asia Conference, Proc. SPIE, Vol. 6834, Optical Design and Testing III, November 2007.

Cassarly

 "Illumination merit functions," SPIE Optics + Photonics Conference, Proc. SPIE, Vol. 6670, Nonimaging Optics and Efficient Illumination Systems IV, September 2007.
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