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Ansys at Photonics West 2024

Visit us at booth #1827

Join us at Photonics West from January 27- February 1, 2024, at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco  

It has been an amazing 10 years OpticStudio! 

Ansys Zemax OpticStudio, the industry leading optical design software is celebrating its 10th birthday.

When it comes to designing and optimizing optical systems, OpticStudio has been the trusted partner for companies across diverse industries such as microscopy, AR/VR, and more. With its cutting-edge capabilities and user-friendly interface, our software has revolutionized the way companies push the limits of what's possible. Join us in celebrating a decade of innovation with OpticStudio.

We would like to invite you to join us for a celebration of the last 10 years and to toast the many years of innovation to come. 

 

Ansys Zemax OpticStudio Birthday Celebration 
Ansys Booth 1827 
Wednesday, January 31st I 4:00pm – 5:00pm 

High Level Optics and Photonics Features

Accelerate your path to innovation with confidence and ease using Ansys Optics. Accurately and quickly solve multi-scale and multiphysics optics and photonics problems via a comprehensive, interoperable, consistent tool flow powered by best-in-class optical, thermal, electrical, and quantum physics solvers.

Elevate final product quality with accurate and efficient design of complex optical systems and photonics devices, such as lasers, waveguides, photonic crystals, lens modules, and more, considering component optimization, system integration challenges, performance trade-offs, and tolerance analysis. Optimize and appraise virtual prototypes of high-accuracy lithography processes and optical metrology for smart manufacturing, a wide range of laser-based systems, optical sensors and machine vision systems, and more – all with the diversity Ansys Optics offers.


Optical lens

Optical Simulation and Design Software Products

Industry Talks

Presentation TitlePresenterDateTimeLocation
Metalens Design for Fiber-Optic EndoscopeCharly MeyerSaturday, January 27, 20242:30 PMMoscone Center, Room 151 (Upper Mezzanine South)
Automating System-Level Stray Light Analysis with Ansys OpticsMina NazariMonday, January 29, 202411:35 AMMoscone Center, Room 312 (Level 3 South)
Improved AR waveguide Hologram model for accurate Exit Pupil Expander simulation using the RCWA methodKatsumoto IkedaMonday, January 29, 20243:30 PMMoscone Center, Room 3010 (Level 3 West)
Exit Pupil Expander with Non-Hexagonal 2D gratingsThibault LeportierMonday, January 29, 20245:30 PMMoscone Center, Lobby (Level 3 West)
Metalens Design for Augmented and Virtual Reality Applications Enabled with Nano- to Macro-Scale SimulationSanjay GangdaharaTuesday, January 30, 202410:35 AMMoscone Center, Main Stage (Level 3 West)
Source to detector simulation of quantum photonic integrated circuitsDylan McGuireTuesday, January 30, 20248:45 AMMoscone Center, Room 302 (Level 3 South)
Optical System Structural and Thermal Jitter Analysis using Ansys Zemax OpticStudioHui ChenTuesday, January 30, 20246:00 PMMoscone Center, Room 2003 (Level 2 West)
Optical fluids: modeling the near field and far field optical effects of atmosphere and turbulent flow of an airborne laser communication systemSteven LaCavaTuesday, January 30, 20246:00 PMMoscone Center, Room 2003 (Level 2 West)
Aberration Sensitivity Prediction Using Ansys Zemax Multi-Configuration Composite FeatureXu ChenWednesday, January 31, 20246:00 PMMoscone Center, Room 2003 (Level 2 West)
Virtual Prototyping of CMOS Image Sensor CameraCharly MeyerWednesday, January 31, 20246:00 PMMoscone Center, Room 2003 (Level 2 West)
LFI (Light Field Imaging): applications of micro lenslet array used for photogrammetrySteven LaCavaWednesday, January 31, 20246:00 PMMoscone Center, Room 2003 (Level 2 West)
Adiabatic Tapers based on Photonic Inverse DesignNikhil DhingraThursday, February 1, 20249:40 AMMoscone Center, Room 2008 (Level 2 West)
Unique Handedness of a circularly-polarized plane wave in simulationGuilin SunThursday, February 1, 202410:30 AMMoscone Center, Room 2008 (Level 2 West)
Integrated Photonics for Quantum Technologies: Challenges and ProspectsDylan McGuireThursday, February 1, 2024
10:30 AMExpo Stage, Hall DE

Tuesday, January 30

TimeTitlePresenter
10:30 AMWhat's Next for AR/VR?

Jose Pozo, CTO, Optica

Maria Pace, XR Hardware, Global Partnership and Strategy, Google

Wilfried Noell, Chief Scientist, Focuslight

Douwe Geuzebroek, CTO, Brilliance

11:30 AMAdvanced Polarization Simulation for OpticStudio by Airy OpticsJonathan Heinz, P.H.D, Director of Software Engineering, Airy Optics
1:30 PMPanDao: just one click away from OpticStudio: optimize your designs for minimum manufacturing cost and riskOliver Faenhle, Co-Founder, PanDao
3:00 PMStray Light Analysis with Ansys Optical Solution

Mina Nazari, Senior Application Engineer, Ansys

Sandra Gely, Senior Manager Application Engineering, Ansys

Wednesday, January 31

TimeTitlePresenter
10:30 AMMetalens Design and Simulation with Ansys Optics 2024 R1

Tom Pickering, Product Manager, Ansys

Charly Meyer, Product Manager, Ansys

11:00 AMWhat's Next for Co-Packaged Optics?

Adam Reid, Sr. R&D Director, Ansys

Karlheinz Muth, Sr. Principal Architect, Broadcom

Sergey Shumarayev, Sr. Principal Engineer, Intel

Ashkan Seyedi, Principal Silicon Photonics Products, NVIDIA

1:30 PMSimulation of Photonics Devices with Ansys- Silvaco TCAD Flow

Eric Guichard, SVP, Silvaco

Dylan McGuire, Director of R&D, Ansys

3:00 PMRevolutionizing Chip Design: Python-Powered Workflow with Gdsfactory and Lumerical-Ansys IntegrationJoaquin Matres Abril, Photonics Engineer, Google

Thursday, Feburary 1

TimeTitlePresenter
11:30 AMAdvanced Optical Solutions Using Meta Surfaces​Moritz Schmidlin, Product Design Engineer, NILT
1:30 PMSynthetic Data Generation and Visualization with STOP Analysis

Steven LaCava, Lead Application Engineer, Ansys

Ansys Industry Talks at SPIE AR/VR/MR

Imagine a world where reality becomes a canvas for your imagination. That's the power of Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR). Ansys Optics is at the forefront of this transformative technology, and we are here to support you to change the way we experience the world.

Join our team of optics and photonics design experts at SPIE AR/VR/MR to discuss how Ansys Optics can help you take your AR/VR design innovation to the next level!

SPIE AR/VR/MR
Ansys Booth #6224

    
Presentation Title    
    
Presenter    
    
Date    
    
Time    
    
Location    
   
Improved AR waveguide Hologram model   for accurate Exit Pupil Expander simulation using the RCWA   method   
   
Katsumoto Ikeda   
   
Monday, January 29, 2024   
   
3:30 PM   
   
Moscone Center, Room   3010 (Level 3 West)   
   
Exit Pupil Expander with   Non-Hexagonal 2D gratings   
   
Thibault Leportier   
   
Monday, January 29, 2024   
   
5:30 PM   
   
Moscone Center, Lobby   (Level 3 West)   
   
Metalens Design for Augmented and   Virtual Reality Applications Enabled with Nano- to Macro-Scale   Simulation   
   
Sanjay Gangdahara   
   
Tuesday, January 30,   2024   
   
10:35 AM   
   
Moscone Center, Main   Stage (Level 3 West)