Optical and Photonic Solutions Blog

An Interview with Brandon Hellman, Michael Kidger Memorial Scholarship Recipient for 2020

Meet 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.

CODE V Global Synthesis – A Powerful Tool in Expert Optical Design Workflows

Learn 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.

Synopsys Announces 2020 Robert S. Hilbert Memorial Optical Design Competition Winners

Announcing 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!

Reflections on the 45th Anniversary of CODE V as a Commercial Software Product

Happy 45th anniversary to CODE V! Read reflections from CODE V Product Manager, Dave Hasenauer, and learn the history of this powerful optical design software.

Design First-Time-Right Automotive Lighting Systems with LucidShape in CATIA

LucidShape CAA V5 Based v2020.06 includes powerful design features and stunning photorealistic rendering capabilities for headlight, tail light, and signal light innovations

Success Story: Designing the World’s First Fully Digital 3D Digital Surgical Microscope with LightTools

Read this success story on how JMO GmbH used LightTools to develop the ARRI Medical ARRISCOPE.

Short on Time? Learn New Optical Design Features, Fast!

The 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!

CODE V Feature Close-Up: Beam Synthesis Propagation

CODE 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.

Modeling Specialized Optical Properties Using LightTools UDOPs

Learn about a User Defined Optical Property (UDOP), which can be created in LightTools to model specialized optical surface properties.

Synopsys Expands Modeling Capabilities for InP-Based PIC Design

A new, production-ready process design kit for Fraunhofer HHI’s Indium Phosphide integrated photonics process is now available for the PIC Design Suite.

Making the Most Out of Working from Home – Photonic Solutions Webinars Available

Connect with us and make the most of your time working from home. Let us bring the training to you!

Validate Pixel Headlight Designs with LucidDrive

The 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.

AIM Photonics/Analog Photonics SiP Process Design Kit v4.0 Enhances Circuit Simulations

Synopsys 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.

Meet Dr. Aaron Bauer, Winner of the Kevin P. Thompson Optical Design Innovator Award

Learn how Dr. Bauer became interested in optics, his current research projects, and his future goals.

Save Time and Money with LightTools

LightTools 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.

Driving Vision News Workshop Munich Recap

Read 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.

Employee Spotlight:
John Rogers

Read how Dr. John Rogers, winner of the SPIE Rudolf and Hilda Kingslake Award, got started in optics.

How Optics Can Help Prevent Distracted Driving

Heads-up displays (HUDs) can help reduce the safety risks caused by distracted driving.

How did LightTools come about?

LightTools 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.

The Future is LiDAR

On December 2, 2019, Driving Vision News (DVN) hosted the 2nd LiDAR Workshop in Frankfurt, Germany. Read our thoughts about the show and the future of LiDAR.

Synopsys Releases New Version of CODE V with Enhanced Freeform System Design Capabilities and Optomechanical Visualization & Import