Read our thoughts on the latest industry trends in optical design and learn more about our products and applications.
Read our thoughts on the latest industry trends in optical design and learn more about our products and applications.
Meet one of our new employees, Dr. Eric Schiesser, Optical Software Developer, who recently joined the Synopsys Optical Solutions Group. Learn how he got interested in optics and more.
Read blog entryMeet one of our new employees, Dr. Eric Schiesser, Optical Software Developer, who recently joined the Synopsys Optical Solutions Group. Learn how he got interested in optics and more.
Read blog entryVersion 2020.12 of Synopsys' LucidShape automotive lighting design software introduces the SmartStart Material Library Module.
Read blog entryIf you are designing freeform optics, check out the top five tools that will support your design optimization and analysis in CODE V.
Read blog entryIn memoriam of Mr. Thomas I. Harris, 1930 – 2021, Founder of Optical Research Associates and co-inventor of CODE V.
Read blog entryHappy 26th Anniversary to LightTools! We are celebrating 26 years. Take a look at a feature that’s beneficial for novice and advanced users alike: the LightTools Example Model Library.
Read blog entryLightTools version 9.1 brings enhanced design features, increased ray tracing speed, and faster optomechanical modeling with SOLIDWORKS.
Read blog entryVersion 2020.09 helps designers develop headlights, tail lights, and signal lights faster and more cost effectively with the new LucidShape SmartStart Material Library Module and numerous ease-of-use enhancements.
Read blog entryLucidShape CAA V5 Based software for automotive lighting design for CATIA has been recognized as a Gold-Level Honoree in the 2020 Laser Focus World Innovators Awards.
Read blog entryLearn how LightTools can be used with Synopsys Simpleware software to provide simulation data to develop a new generation of light-based technologies, including advanced biomedical diagnostics and treatments.
Read blog entryOptical designers, consider participating in the lens design or illumination design competitions at next year’s International Optical Design Conference (IODC). It is an IODC tradition to post the optical design problems months in advance, and then present the winning solutions at the conference. This is your opportunity to flex your optical design skills and get recognized for solving a complex optical design problem.
Read blog entryMeet Brandon Hellman from the College of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona, the 2020 recipient of the Michael Kidger Memorial Scholarship. We interviewed Brandon to learn how he became interested in optics, his current research projects, and his future goals.
Read blog entryLearn how an Edmund Optics senior optical engineer used CODE V’s Global Synthesis optimization, feasibility analysis, tolerancing, and yield analyses to create a high-resolution lens that is ideal for machine vision and factory automation applications.
Read blog entryAnnouncing the winners of our annual competition, which celebrates exceptional optical design research projects by college students who use Synopsys’ optical software solutions. Meet our five winners!
Read blog entryHappy 45th anniversary to CODE V! Read reflections from CODE V Product Manager, Dave Hasenauer, and learn the history of this powerful optical design software.
Read blog entryLucidShape CAA V5 Based v2020.06 includes powerful design features and stunning photorealistic rendering capabilities for headlight, tail light, and signal light innovations
Read blog entryRead this success story on how JMO GmbH used LightTools to develop the ARRI Medical ARRISCOPE.
Read blog entryThe Synopsys Optical and Photonic Solutions YouTube channel is now available, featuring brief video tutorials and overviews of Synopsys design tools. If you're short on time, but need to learn new features fast, bookmark this channel to start learning!
Read blog entryCODE V’s Beam Synthesis Propagation (BSP) option simulates the general diffraction propagation of an optical field through an optical system. Learn more about this feature, its methodology, and applications.
Read blog entryLearn about a User Defined Optical Property (UDOP), which can be created in LightTools to model specialized optical surface properties.
Read blog entryA new, production-ready process design kit for Fraunhofer HHI’s Indium Phosphide integrated photonics process is now available for the PIC Design Suite.
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Read blog entryThe LucidDrive tool – part of the LucidShape product family -- provides the ability to perform virtual night-driving simulations that generate realistic lighting scenes in real time.
Read blog entrySynopsys and Analog Photonics announce that a new, sign-off ready process design kit (PDK) based on Analog Photonics’ silicon photonics (SiP) design library is now available for the PIC Design Suite.
Read nowLearn how Dr. Bauer became interested in optics, his current research projects, and his future goals.
Read blog entryLightTools version 9.0, now available, introduces valuable new tools to help optical engineers and stray light analysts pinpoint and correct stray light issues early in the product design process, saving time and money.
Read blog entryRead a recap on the DVN Lighting/ADAS Workshop at the Hilton Airport Hotel in Munich, Germany, hosted by Driving Vision News (DVN) on January 28-29, 2020.
Read blog entryRead how Dr. John Rogers, winner of the SPIE Rudolf and Hilda Kingslake Award, got started in optics.
Read blog entryHeads-up displays (HUDs) can help reduce the safety risks caused by distracted driving.
Read blog entryLightTools is celebrating 25 years! Read how LightTools illumination design software came about, and how it developed its defining features. Written by Mike Hayford, former LightTools Architect at Synopsys, now retired.
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