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    FIGURE 1. HP Z Captis Dual-modality PBR capture modes: Studio (left) and Explorer (right).
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    FIGURE 1. At the end of the fiber, the output field is no longer the same as the input field. To absorb the outgoing wave, a general absorbing artificial material is used (aka a perfectly matched layer).
    Software & Accessories

    Full-wave multiphysics simulation of optical fibers

    Yosuke Mizuyama
    July 25, 2022
    Full-wave multiphysics simulations for optical fibers require sophisticated modeling and simulation techniques.
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    Build the future of quantum computing with Quanscient

    Jose Pozo
    June 21, 2024
    Juha Riippi, CEO of Quanscient, shares his professional journey, the importance of a talented team, and the possibilities ahead in multiphysics quantum computing.
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    Software & Accessories

    Machine vision software finds objects in real time

    MVTec Software GmbH
    June 7, 2024
    HALCON 24.05 standard machine vision software includes the first iteration of the extended parameter estimation for shape matching.
    Detectors & Imaging

    Deep learning methods enable image enhancement advances

    Bhawna Goyal
    June 5, 2024
    How can algorithms improve image enhancement?
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    Software & Accessories

    Optical design software provides access to more than 900 simulation setups

    VPIphotonics
    May 26, 2024
    Design Suite Version 11.2 optical design software advances the simulation and design flow for applications including direct detection and coherent transmission systems.

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    Podcasts

    PODCAST: Interview with Gisele Bennett, VP of Optica

    Justine Murphy
    March 5, 2024
    Episode 2 of Following the Photons: A Photonics Podcast features Gisele Bennett, the recently elected 2024 Vice President of Optica.
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    Software & Accessories

    Web-based thin-film design software program available

    Oct. 21, 2023
    Thinoxide is a free, web-based software that provides a graphical implementation of the thin-film transfer-matrix method for prototyping interference-based structures such as ...
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    Software & Accessories

    Laser beam analysis software is designed for additive manufacturing

    Sept. 24, 2023
    BeamPeek software is designed for real-time measurement of lasers in additive manufacturing chambers.
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    FIGURE 1. Schematic illustration of the PSR (a), simulated mode conversion efficiencies at the top and bottom waveguides with TE0 mode as the input (b), and simulated mode conversion efficiencies at the top and bottom waveguides with TM0 mode as the input (c) are shown. The insets show the field intensity plots.
    Software & Accessories

    Breaking time barriers: Millimeter-scale photonic simulations in minutes

    Tom Chen
    Sept. 20, 2023
    Two case studies demonstrate the transformative impact of advanced parallel computing on the field of computational electromagnetics.
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    Software & Accessories

    Metrology software offers built-in crosshatch functionality

    Sept. 8, 2023
    TraceBoss+ surface roughness measurement software allows users to acquire an image of surface texture from any USB-equipped microscope.