Case studies

Telecommunications

How much a bent fiber loses: SMF-28 bend loss

How the FEM solver in OptiMode determines the bend loss (macrobending) of SMF-28 single-mode fiber as a function of bend radius — with results matching the analytical model.

Illumination

How much light reaches the target: reverse ray tracing

How reverse ray tracing in TracePro gives a clean illuminance distribution and angular flux distribution on a small target — at a fraction of the rays needed for forward tracing.

UV Disinfection

UV-C radiation penetration in a medium: Volume Flux analysis

How the Volume Flux function in TracePro lets you check whether a germicidal UV-C dose (mJ/cm²) reaches the required depth in an absorbing and scattering medium, before a physical chamber prototype exists.

Automotive

A readable HMI cockpit: luminance analysis

How a luminance map in cd/m² lets you assess the readability and glare of HMI gauges before the first physical dashboard prototype exists.

Silicon Photonics

PIC simulation for a 400G-DR4 transceiver

A PIC transceiver is a transmitter based on a photonic integrated circuit just a few square millimeters in area, sending multiple wavelengths simultaneously. The cost of a manufacturing error at the fab is tens of thousands of dollars — losses were avoided thanks to prior simulation of the O/E/O path.

Telecommunications

Verifying a 32×100G DWDM link over 1200 km

Calculating the Q-factor and BER for a 32-channel transmission over a 1200 km distance.

Sensing

A network of 48 FBG sensors for monitoring

Strain sensors monitored cracking in a road bridge using multichannel WDM technology.

Space

Stray light analysis in a space instrument

Eliminating unwanted reflections in the observation chamber of a NewSpace-class instrument.

Automotive

Optimizing a full-LED reflector in 10 days

How simulation shortened a reflector's production schedule by 7 weeks.