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Applications of our software

The software we distribute is used by engineers and scientists across many industries — wherever light plays a key role in a product or system. From car headlights to space telescopes, from photonic integrated circuits to medical diagnostics.

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Lambda Research and Optiwave software is versatile enough that it regularly appears in projects from fields that are hard to fit into a single category — from quantum optics to underwater systems and ocean mapping. If your project involves light or an optical signal, there's a good chance we have a tool that can help.

Photonic integrated circuits (PIC)

Photonic integrated circuits (PIC)

Designing silicon photonics components, generating compact models for PDKs, FDTD simulations, and mode analysis.

Main toolsOptiOmega, OptiSPICE, OptiFDTD, OptiMode
Fiber-optic telecommunications

Fiber-optic telecommunications

Designing WDM, DWDM, and CWDM networks, transmission-link simulation, BER analysis, and amplifier optimization.

Main toolsOptiSystem, OptiFiber, OptiGrating
Automotive

Automotive

LED lighting systems, adaptive reflectors, LIDAR systems, HUD displays — simulation before building a prototype.

Main toolsTracePro, OptiSystem
Data centers and Datacom

Data centers and Datacom

100G/400G/800G transceivers, co-packaged optics, optical chiplet interconnects, and rack-scale architecture.

Main toolsOptiSystem, OptiOmega, OptiSPICE
LED lighting

LED lighting

Designing luminaires, TIR lenses, projection systems, and light pipes — light distribution and photometric analysis.

Main toolsTracePro
Medicine and biotechnology

Medicine and biotechnology

Endoscopes, imaging systems, optical diagnostics, tissue optics, pulse oximetry — modeling light-tissue interaction.

Main toolsTracePro, OSLO, OptiSystem
Space

Space

Stray and scattered light analysis in telescopes and satellite instruments, space optics design, Satcom links.

Main toolsTracePro, OSLO, OptiSystem
Defense and security

Defense and security

Thermal imaging systems, optical sights, stray light analysis in military devices, secure optical links.

Main toolsTracePro, OSLO, OptiSystem
Optical sensing

Optical sensing

FBG sensors, DTS systems, SPR biosensors, LiDAR — designing and verifying sensors through simulation.

Main toolsOptiFiber, OptiGrating, OptiSystem
Displays and AR/VR

Displays and AR/VR

Designing projection systems, AR/VR goggle optics, HUDs, and displays. Precise imaging modeling.

Main toolsTracePro, OSLO
Solar energy

Solar energy

CPV concentrators, solar cell optimization, sun-tracking systems — maximizing yield through simulation.

Main toolsTracePro, OptiSystem
Scientific instruments

Scientific instruments

Spectrometers, microscopes, interferometers, laser collimators — design and analysis of precision systems.

Main toolsTracePro, OSLO, OptiFDTD
Pharma and biomedicine

Pharma and biomedicine

Spectroscopic diagnostics, UV dosing systems, analysis of biological fluid flows in optical microfluidics.

Main toolsTracePro, OptiSystem
Scientific research and education

Scientific research and education

Student, academic, and R&D licenses, for commercialization, and for teaching (including free options).

Main toolsAll Lambda Research and Optiwave modules
Quantum and QKD

Quantum and QKD

Quantum key distribution (QKD) systems, quantum photonics, nanoresonators, and entangled photon sources.

Main toolsOptiSystem, OptiOmega, OptiFDTD
Industry and automation

Industry and automation

Vision systems, optical quality-control sensors, laser scanners, industrial LiDAR.

Main toolsTracePro, OptiSystem

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