Cut Optical Simulation Time in Half with Zemax OpticStudio HPC

Overview

Long runtimes force optical engineering teams to choose between model accuracy and schedule adherence that limits design variations, delays decisions, or pushes manufacturing risk downstream. Complex systems with tight tolerances and coupled multiphysics effects demand high-fidelity models, but traditional single-core workflows can't keep pace. The result: teams down-sample rays, reduce variation counts, or simplify physics just to meet deadlines.

Zemax OpticStudio HPC eliminates this tradeoff. By parallelizing optimization, tolerancing, and NSC raytracing workflows across multiple cores on local workstations, departmental servers, or cloud infrastructure. You'll scale computation without compromising physics. Evaluate more design states earlier, compress iteration cycles, and surface performance risks before they become costly surprises. No model translation or re-authoring required: apply HPC acceleration directly to your current OpticStudio analyses while preserving fidelity and ensuring consistent results across teams.

What Attendees Will Learn

• Accelerate tolerancing and optimization runtimes by distributing analyses across cores 
• Scale Monte Carlo simulations to statistically meaningful sample sizes without delays 
• Maintain high-fidelity ray counts in NSC models while cutting solve times from hours to minutes 
• Expand design exploration within existing schedules to improve system robustness 
• Deploy HPC on current OpticStudio workflows with zero model re-authoring 

Who Should Attend

This session is designed for optics and photonics engineers working on complex optical systems who need to accelerate design convergence, perform robust tolerance analysis, or scale non-sequential ray tracing without sacrificing model fidelity. If you're facing schedule pressure or need to evaluate more design variants in compressed timelines, this webinar will show you how to leverage parallel computing to increase throughput and reduce risk.

Speaker

• Niki Papachristou, Applications Engineering, Staff Engineer