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Photonics & Optical Simulation with Ansys Optics
Ansys Optics provides a comprehensive suite of simulation tools for designing, optimizing, and verifying optical systems. These tools are supported by world-class customer service and enable designers to accelerate the development of advanced optical products. With a range of high-fidelity physics solvers, Ansys Optics offers intuitive workflows for precise design across different scales, from nano to macro. This allows for the creation of diverse optical applications with improved performance, reliability, and yield.
Ansys ZEMAX
This tool conducts fully coupled quantum mechanical band structure calculations using the k.p method, ensuring accurate analysis of semiconductor materials. Integrated with INTERCONNECT, it facilitates the creation of advanced laser models, incorporating tuning and external feedback effects for comprehensive simulations. Its material library encompasses common III-V semiconductors, and it automatically generates models for fractional semiconductor alloys, streamlining the design process for semiconductor devices.
- Ray Tracing
- Lens Design
- Tolerance Analysis
- Optimization
- Interoperability
Ansys SPEOS
Ansys SPEOS is a powerful software suite designed for the design and validation of optical systems. It offers a scripting interface that allows users to replicate actions from the user interface, such as source creation and simulation result analysis, which can automate repetitive tasks. Speos also features direct modeling capabilities, enabling quick geometry definition without the complexity of traditional CAD software, making it accessible for non-CAD experts
- Illumination analysis
- Optical desing and analysis
- Rendering simulation
Ansys Lumerical FDTD
Our platform excels in simulating opto-electronic devices, processes, and materials at the nano-scale. By solving Maxwell's equations in the time domain, we offer a robust solution across a broad spectrum region, ensuring reliability and accuracy. It's great for designing all sort of optoelectronic active and passive and materials. Plus, it gives accurate results across different light wavelengths. Also, it comes with tools that make it easier to write scripting, analyze results, and make designs better.
- Broadband Material Modeling
- Electromagnetic Field Analysis
- Advanced Post-Processing
- Workflow Automation
Ansys Lumerical Mode
Ansys Mode is a powerful simulation tool that tackles the complexities of photonics with precision and efficiency. By solving Maxwell's equations in the single frequency domain, it offers a comprehensive understanding of light behavior within waveguides and couplers. Its robust capabilities extend to accommodating large planar structures and lengthy propagation paths, ensuring accurate analysis across diverse scenarios. With bi-directional propagation, Mode accurately simulates guided light movement, capturing multiple reflections along the propagation direction for thorough insight.
- Waveguide Mode Analysis
- Loss & Confinement Evaluation
- Large-Scale Device Modeling
- High-Accuracy Meshing
Ansys Lumerical Interconnect
Interconnect offers a user-friendly interface with a vast library of basic and foundry-specific elements for schematic design. Users can incorporate measured data and component-level simulations to create and update calibrated Compact Model Libraries effectively. Additionally, it supports the publication of foundry Process Design Kits (PDKs) and seamlessly integrates with other popular EDA and PDA tools. With statistical capabilities like Monte Carlo and corner analyses, it ensures comprehensive design validation and optimization
- System-Level Photonic Design
- Multi-Domain Co-Simulation
- Electronic-Photonic Integration
- Performance Verification
Ansys Lumerical Multiphysics
Created for design engineering workflows, our intuitive product design software generates a fast user experience. Rapid design exploration includes detailed insight into real-world product performance. Live physics and accurate high-fidelity simulation combine into an easy-to-use interface that supports faster-time-to-market.Leverage interoperable solvers for multiphysics design of various components such as image sensors, mLEDs, photodetectors, modulators, and plasmonics.
- CHARGE - 3D Charge Transport Solver
- HEAT - 3D Heat Transport Solver
- FEEM - Waveguide Solver
- MQW-Multi Quantum Well Solver
- DGTD-3D Electromagnetic Solver
Quantum ATK
QuantumATK enables atomistic-level materials modeling and simulation, helping researchers accelerate the development of next-generation materials and semiconductor technologies. By providing deep insights into material behaviour and structure-property relationships, it reduces reliance on physical experimentation and speeds up R&D.
- Atomistic Material Modeling
- Accelerated R&D Workflows
- Multi-Physics Material Analysis
- DTCO-Ready Integration
Ensures precise material modeling across extensive wavelength ranges.
Facilitates in-depth analysis and visualization of simulation results.
Seamlessly integrates with Lumerical scripting language, MATLAB API, and Python via Automation API for enhanced customization and automation.
Presenting SPEOS as an advanced optical simulation tool designed specifically for camera and Lidar validation in real time. Its accuracy comes from precise ray tracing in which the light interacts with the optical components that helps the users to predict and improve the performance of the sensors.
Speos is an expert in simulating and optimizing optical systems involving virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), head up displays (HUD) and human vision factors. Speos guarantees that HUD interfaces in automotive, aviation and consumer electronic industries by adapting human vision capabilities such as eye movement, viewing angles and polarization. Integrating AR and VR in SPEOS enables prototyping, testing, and ensuring optimal user experience for gaming, training, education and more.
The smooth integration of SPEOS with computer aided engineering (CAE) tools enables a full optical system design methodology. Through this integration, engineers can assess system performance by combining structural, thermal, and electromagnetic evaluations with optical simulations. This also opens the door to optimizing designs for real world applications, ensuring robustness, durability and efficiency across industries.
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ArticleEvanescent Waveguide Couplers with Ansys Lumerical
Explore waveguide coupler principles, design, coupling length, and simulation using Ansys Lumerical MODE for integrated photonics.
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BlogTransforming Branding Through Virtual Design and Performance Validation of Logo Projection Systems
How Ansys SPEOS and Zemax OpticStudio power end-to-end virtual validation of logo projection systems — optimizing brightness, sharpness and real-worl…
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BlogComa Aberration: Understanding Off-Axis Blur in Optical Systems with Ansys Zemax OpticStudio
Coma aberration produces comet-shaped blur in off-axis imaging systems. Learn how Zemax OpticStudio's spot diagrams, ray fan plots, and Zernike wavef…
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BlogVirtual Evaluation of Automotive Interior Ambient Lighting in Early Design
Ambient lighting has evolved into a signature element of modern automotive interiors. Ansys Speos enables virtual evaluation of lighting concepts dur…
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ArticleOptics in Automotive Innovation: How Simulation Ensures Safety, Performance, and Compliance
Modern vehicles are undergoing a revolution in safety, comfort, and autonomy—all powered by advancements in optical engineering. See how Ansys SPEOS…
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BlogComputational Fluid Dynamics for the Prediction of Vehicle Headlamp Condensation Phenomenon
Headlamps have become a focal point of automotive design, but transparent plastic lenses bring a persistent challenge: condensation. See how Computat…
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BlogBridging the Gap: Edge Couplers in Photonic Integrated Circuits
Edge couplers are vital components in photonic integrated circuits (PICs), facilitating efficient light transfer between optical fibers and on-chip w…
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BlogTheory and Simulation of Optical Waveguides in Ansys Lumerical
Explore the theory of optical waveguides and learn how to simulate them in Ansys Lumerical using the MODE eigenmode solver and the FDTD solver for be…
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BlogEnhancing Pilot Comfort and Safety with Advanced Optical Simulations in Ansys SPEOS
See how Ansys SPEOS simulates real-world cockpit lighting—day and night pilot vision, sun glare, windshield reflections and display raytracing—to imp…
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BlogExploring Diffraction Through a Circular Aperture Using Ansys Zemax
Compare classical Airy-pattern theory with Ansys Zemax Physical Optics Propagation for a 200 µm circular aperture — matching minima and maxima positi…
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Case StudyMetaOptics Redefine Consumer Electronics with Metalens designed using Ansys Optics Solutions
MetaOptics is advancing metalens innovation through precision optical design and scalable manufacturing — using Ansys Lumerical and OpticStudio...
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Laser
Simulate and optimize laser devices by analyzing optical gain, wavelength behavior, efficiency, and output performance. Enables faster development of semiconductor lasers for telecommunications, sensing, and photonics applications.
Modulator
Design and evaluate optical modulators that convert electrical signals into optical signals. Helps improve modulation efficiency, bandwidth, insertion loss, and overall communication system performance.
Detector
Model photodetectors and optical sensing devices to predict responsivity, quantum efficiency, and signal response. Supports the development of high-performance detection systems for imaging, communication, and sensing applications.
Waveguide
Analyze light propagation, confinement, and loss characteristics in optical waveguides. Enables the design of efficient photonic integrated circuits and optical communication components.
Plasmonics
Investigate light-matter interactions at the nanoscale using plasmonic structures. Supports the development of ultra-compact optical devices, biosensors, and next-generation nanophotonic technologies.
Solar Cell
Simulate optical absorption, carrier generation, and energy conversion processes in photovoltaic devices. Helps improve efficiency, optimize material selection, and accelerate solar cell innovation.
FAQs
What is Ansys 3D Design?
Ansys 3D Design is a suite of tools — including SpaceClaim and Discovery — that lets engineers create, modify, and simulate 3D geometry directly within the Ansys simulation environment, eliminating the need to switch between separate CAD and analysis packages.
How do I download Ansys 3D Design tools?
Licensed users can download Ansys SpaceClaim and Discovery through the Ansys Customer Portal. Contact CADFEM APAC to obtain a licence or request a free trial for evaluation.
How to install Ansys SpaceClaim?
Download the installer from the Ansys Customer Portal, run the setup wizard, and enter your licence server details. Detailed system requirements and step-by-step guides are available in the Ansys Installation Guide included with the download.
How can I learn Ansys SpaceClaim?
Ansys offers free self-paced courses on Ansys Learning Hub, along with official documentation and video tutorials. CADFEM APAC also provides instructor-led training tailored to your industry and workflow.
How to export data from Ansys SpaceClaim?
Use File → Save As to export geometry in formats such as STEP, IGES, ACIS, Parasolid, STL, and more. SpaceClaim also supports direct export to downstream Ansys solvers via Workbench.
How to create a mesh in Ansys Discovery?
Ansys Discovery generates an automatic mesh in real time as you run simulations. For refined control, switch to Refine Mode where you can define mesh sizing, inflation layers, and element types before solving.
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