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Ansys Lumerical STACK
Optical Thin-Film Simulation Software

Ansys Lumerical STACK is an optical multilayer simulator ideal for rapidly analyzing thin film multilayer stacks for anti-reflection coatings, filters, OLEDs and VCSELs.

SOLVE THE UNSOLVABLE

Rapid Analysis of Thin Film Stacks with Lumerical STACK

Design thin film stacks quickly with Lumerical STACK. By utilizing analytical methods, STACK is faster than direct simulations of Maxwell’s equations. The variety of thin film simulation software functions accurately capture interference and microactivity effects under both plane- wave and dipole illumination. 

  • Rapid Prototyping
    Rapid Prototyping
  • Works with Plane-Wave and Dipole Illumination Functions
    Works with Plane-Wave and Dipole Illumination Functions
  • Ideal for Large Thin-Film Applications
    Ideal for Large Thin-Film Applications
  • Accurate interference and microcavity effects 
    Accurate interference and microcavity effects 
  • Ideal for Large Thin Film Design
    Ideal for Large Thin Film Design
Ansys Lumerical STACK

Quick Specs

Lumerical STACK offers an ideal solution for rapid analysis of thin film multilayer stacks. By using analytical methods, STACK processes faster than direct simulations of Maxwell’s equations.

  • Plane-Wave Illumination
  • Captures Microactivity Effects
  • Dipole Illumination
  • Captures Interference Effects

What's New

With the 2021 R2 release, Ansys Lumerical STACK includes new features to support simulating displays:

Support for thick layers
Support for Thick Layers

Lumerical STACK now supports thick layers, larger than the coherence length, for emissive display applications.

Ansys Speos interoperability for display design
Ansys Speos Interoperability for Display Design

New display design workflows with Speos allow simulation from nano-photonic pixel design to macroscopic human perception analysis in different ambient lighting environments.

Resources

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Webinar

Ansys Lumerical’s Component Level Tools

This webinar will start with an overview of the broad set of component level solvers it offers with an emphasis on FDTD and MODE. It will then show how these solvers can be used to simulate and optimize novel designs in a wide range of applications including micro-LEDs, augmented reality, magneto-optics and lasers.

Versatility Through Rapid Analysis of Thin Film Multilayer Stacks

Develop thin film multilayer stacks with Lumerical STACK. STACK captures microcavity effects and interference while allowing you interoperability via scripting. With dipole illumination and plane-wave functions, you can quickly analyze anti-reflection coatings, filters, OLEDs and VCSELs, all faster than direct simulations of Maxwell’s equations. The power of Lumerical STACK makes it an ideal solution for rapid prototyping for thin film applications while building, running and controlling simulations.

 

Key Features

From capturing microcavity effects and interference to handling dipole illumination and plane wave functions, STACK provides quick simulations of complex thin film multilayer stacks.

  • STACK Analytic Solver
  • Interoperability via Scripting

The STACK Analytic solver is faster than direct simulation of Maxwell’s equations. It is ideal for rapid prototyping for thin film applications and functions are available for both plane-wave and dipole illumination. The solver captures interference and microcavity effects.

Lumerical STACK tools are interoperable through the Lumerical scripting language, Automation API and Python and MATLAB APIs.


Application Gallery

View all Photonics Applications

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Application

Micro-LED

In this example, we use the STACK optical solver and FDTD to characterize a cylindrical micro-LED and extract the emitted power and radiation pattern

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Application

Polarization-sensitive plasmonic reflectors for HUD – Speos Interoperability

For a HUD that needs to reflect polarized lights, here we demonstrate periodic plasmonic nanostructures that could provide significant reflection for certain polarization. 

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Application

Interfacing with ZEMAX - OLED example

In this example, we show how to use both Lumerical's Stack Optical Solver for planar OLEDs and FDTD for patterned OLEDs to generate a ray set that can be used to study the incoherent emission from a macroscopic device in Zemax OpticStudio.


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STACK Product Reference Manual

The STACK reference manual provides detailed descriptions of product features.

Ansys software is accessible

It's vital to Ansys that all users, including those with disabilities, can access our products. As such, we endeavor to follow accessibility requirements based on the US Access Board (Section 508), Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), and the current format of the Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT).

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