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End-to-End Multiphysics and Multiscale Simulation Platform

ACCELERATE OPTICS AND PHOTONICS INNOVATION AND DESIGN

End-to-End Multiphysics and Multiscale Simulation Platform

Ansys Optics solutions offer robust design, optimization, and verification simulation software backed by world-class support. These tools empower designers to expedite the development of groundbreaking optical products while improving performance, reliability, and yield. With a suite of top-tier physics solvers, Ansys Optics provides user-friendly workflows for precise multiscale system design, from the nano to macro scale, enabling the design of diverse applications across various industries.

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Best-in-class Capabilities

  • Design, optimization, and verification of optics and photonics components, modules, circuits, and systems
  • Physics-based human perception and machine vision
  • Streamlined, automated multisolver workflows for multiscale optical system design and analysis
  • Open ecosystem and Python-based automation
  • Design for manufacturability and yield via advanced tolerancing and statistical analysis
  • Advanced optimization including inverse design and Ansys optiSLang integration
  • Scalability and design cycle acceleration with HPC and cloud
  • Multiphysics system-level analysis for integrated modules and packaged systems 
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Optics and Photonics Simulation and Design Software Products

JULY 2024

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Experience cutting-edge innovation with Ansys Optics in our latest release of optics and photonics design and simulation excellence. The 2024 R2 is a game-changer, boasting powerful capabilities that turbocharge results, elevate accuracy, and seamlessly integrate with other Ansys products, enabling the design of cutting-edge products for real-world applications.

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Ansys 2024 R2: Ansys Optics – Designing for the Real World

Join us on September 12th to explore the latest advancements in Ansys Lumerical, Ansys Speos, and Ansys Zemax, which enable the design of cutting-edge products for real-world applications.

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Applications

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Autonomous vehicle sensor simulation including lidar, radar and camera design

Autonomous Sensor Development

Ansys provides a comprehensive autonomous vehicle sensor simulation capability that includes lidar, radar and camera design and development.

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Vehicle Exterior

Ansys simulation enables you to optimize automotive exteriors by lowering drag, reducing weight and improving fuel efficiency and range.

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Vehicle Interior

Vehicle Interior

Learn how Ansys simulation enables the optimization of vehicle interior design, from comfort and noise to the human machine interface.

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Cardiovascular

Rapid and reliable innovation and testing of new cardiovascular medical devices and implants

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Autonomous System Validation

Autonomous System Validation

Model-based safety and cybersecurity solutions accelerate autonomous system development and certification.

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Aerospace

Ansys simulation solutions deliver the significant product lifecycle cost reductions that the aviation industry demands, while accelerating the technological innovation required for tomorrow’s success.

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Defense

Ansys simulation solutions help accelerate modernization and optimize sustainment of defense technology from the microchip to the mission. Delivering advanced capabilities more quickly enables defense leaders to stay ahead of the threat.

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WEBINARS

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On Demand WEBINAR
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CMOS Image Sensor Camera Design and Virtual Validation

Join us for a groundbreaking webinar on virtual prototyping in CMOS image sensor design and validation. 

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Design and Validation of Augmented Reality Systems with Ansys Optical tools

In this webinar, we demonstrate how our AR system design capability allows users to visually overlay digital information, such as images and text, onto the real-world environment.

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Webinar: From Meta-atoms to a Centimeter-Scale Metalens
From Meta-atoms to a Centimeter-Scale Metalens: A Multiscale Approach

Join us to discover how Ansys Optics enables multiphysics design from meta-atoms to centimeter-scale metalenses by seamlessly leveraging the combination power of Lumerical FDTD, RCWA and Zemax OpticStudio.

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Automated Multiplatform Solution for Photonics System Design

Learn how our automated multiplatform photonic solution provides seamless integration, accurate models, and efficient workflows across various platforms. 

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Webinar Series: Optimize your simulation
Optimize Your Simulation with Ansys Speos and Ansys optiSLang

Learn how Ansys Speos and Ansys optiSLang optimize a prismatic lightguide to fulfill the automotive daytime running lights regulation and improve the homogeneity of the lightguide to achieve a better-lit appearance in an automated manner.

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ON DEMAND WEBINAR
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Ansys 2024 R1: Stray Light Analysis with Ansys Optics

Introduces a systematic approach using Ansys optics simulation tools to analyze stray light from both optical and non-optical components.

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CASE STUDIES

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Ansys OpticStudio Reduces Design Time, Helping Nordson TEST & INSPECTION Bring Products to Market Faster

See how Nordson saved a week of simulation time, and will save another week for each new sensor.

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Hewlett Packard Labs Speeds Up Design Process

At Hewlett Packard Labs it is our goal to deliver breakthrough technologies and technology advancements that provide a competitive advantage for HPE and our customers.

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University of Arizona Uses Ansys OpticStudio to Demonstrate Viability of Curved HUD

University of Arizona uses Ansys Zemax OpticStudio to prove the capabilities of a highly practical new waveguide system.

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Design and Optimization of a Reflector for the Headlights of a Solar-Powered Racecar

Simulations allow Blue Sky Solar Racing to quickly arrive at the optical headlamp reflector shape, resulting in the lowest power consumption while validating that the design meets regulations.

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WHITE PAPERS & ARTICLES

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White Papers

Mission-driven Optical Simulation of Thermal, Structural, and Turbulent Flow

A more streamlined solution to complex design challenges is proposed.

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BROCHURES

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Brochures

Ansys Optics for Automotive

Discover how Ansys optics can support you in transforming the way we drive and experience our vehicles, making safety, performance, and style integral components of the modern driving experience.

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Blogs

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Using the Power of Simulation and Liquid Lenses for Early Melanoma Detection

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