Ansys Optics provides a comprehensive suite of simulation tools for designing, optimizing, and verifying optical systems. These tools are supported by world-class customer service and enable designers to accelerate the development of advanced optical products. With a range of high-fidelity physics solvers, Ansys Optics offers intuitive workflows for precise design across different scales, from nano to macro. This allows for the creation of diverse optical applications with improved performance, reliability, and yield.
This tool conducts fully coupled quantum mechanical band structure calculations using the k.p method, ensuring accurate analysis of semiconductor materials. Integrated with INTERCONNECT, it facilitates the creation of advanced laser models, incorporating tuning and external feedback effects for comprehensive simulations. Its material library encompasses common III-V semiconductors, and it automatically generates models for fractional semiconductor alloys, streamlining the design process for semiconductor devices.
Ansys SPEOS is a powerful software suite designed for the design and validation of optical systems. It offers a scripting interface that allows users to replicate actions from the user interface, such as source creation and simulation result analysis, which can automate repetitive tasks. Speos also features direct modeling capabilities, enabling quick geometry definition without the complexity of traditional CAD software, making it accessible for non-CAD experts
Our platform excels in simulating opto-electronic devices, processes, and materials at the nano-scale. By solving Maxwell's equations in the time domain, we offer a robust solution across a broad spectrum region, ensuring reliability and accuracy. It's great for designing all sort of optoelectronic active and passive and materials. Plus, it gives accurate results across different light wavelengths. Also, it comes with tools that make it easier to write scripting, analyze results, and make designs better.
Ansys Mode is a powerful simulation tool that tackles the complexities of photonics with precision and efficiency. By solving Maxwell's equations in the single frequency domain, it offers a comprehensive understanding of light behavior within waveguides and couplers. Its robust capabilities extend to accommodating large planar structures and lengthy propagation paths, ensuring accurate analysis across diverse scenarios. With bi-directional propagation, Mode accurately simulates guided light movement, capturing multiple reflections along the propagation direction for thorough insight.
Interconnect offers a user-friendly interface with a vast library of basic and foundry-specific elements for schematic design. Users can incorporate measured data and component-level simulations to create and update calibrated Compact Model Libraries effectively. Additionally, it supports the publication of foundry Process Design Kits (PDKs) and seamlessly integrates with other popular EDA and PDA tools. With statistical capabilities like Monte Carlo and corner analyses, it ensures comprehensive design validation and optimization
Created for design engineering workflows, our intuitive product design software generates a fast user experience. Rapid design exploration includes detailed insight into real-world product performance. Live physics and accurate high-fidelity simulation combine into an easy-to-use interface that supports faster-time-to-market.Leverage interoperable solvers for multiphysics design of various components such as image sensors, mLEDs, photodetectors, modulators, and plasmonics.
Ensures precise material modeling across extensive wavelength ranges.
Facilitates in-depth analysis and visualization of simulation results.
Seamlessly integrates with Lumerical scripting language, MATLAB API, and Python via Automation API for enhanced customization and automation.
Presenting SPEOS as an advanced optical simulation tool designed specifically for camera and Lidar validation in real time. Its accuracy comes from precise ray tracing in which the light interacts with the optical components that helps the users to predict and improve the performance of the sensors.
Speos is an expert in simulating and optimizing optical systems involving virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), head up displays (HUD) and human vision factors. Speos guarantees that HUD interfaces in automotive, aviation and consumer electronic industries by adapting human vision capabilities such as eye movement, viewing angles and polarization. Integrating AR and VR in SPEOS enables prototyping, testing, and ensuring optimal user experience for gaming, training, education and more.
The smooth integration of SPEOS with computer aided engineering (CAE) tools enables a full optical system design methodology. Through this integration, engineers can assess system performance by combining structural, thermal, and electromagnetic evaluations with optical simulations. This also opens the door to optimizing designs for real world applications, ensuring robustness, durability and efficiency across industries.
ANSYS 3D DESIGN RESOURCES & EVENTS
Learn how to effectively prepare and simplify CAD geometry using Ansys SpaceClaim to accelerate meshing and improve solver performance across structural and fluid simulations.
REQUEST TECHNICAL PAPER This paper explores topology optimisation strategies within Ansys Discovery, covering setup, load case definition, and interpretation of results for lightweight structural components.
REQUEST TECHNICAL PAPER A practical guide to importing, repairing, and translating geometry from CATIA, SolidWorks, NX, STEP, and IGES formats into Ansys SpaceClaim without loss of design intent.
REQUEST TECHNICAL PAPERSimulate and optimize laser devices by analyzing optical gain, wavelength behavior, efficiency, and output performance. Enables faster development of semiconductor lasers for telecommunications, sensing, and photonics applications.
Design and evaluate optical modulators that convert electrical signals into optical signals. Helps improve modulation efficiency, bandwidth, insertion loss, and overall communication system performance.
Model photodetectors and optical sensing devices to predict responsivity, quantum efficiency, and signal response. Supports the development of high-performance detection systems for imaging, communication, and sensing applications.
Analyze light propagation, confinement, and loss characteristics in optical waveguides. Enables the design of efficient photonic integrated circuits and optical communication components.
Investigate light-matter interactions at the nanoscale using plasmonic structures. Supports the development of ultra-compact optical devices, biosensors, and next-generation nanophotonic technologies.
Simulate optical absorption, carrier generation, and energy conversion processes in photovoltaic devices. Helps improve efficiency, optimize material selection, and accelerate solar cell innovation.
Ansys 3D Design is a suite of tools — including SpaceClaim and Discovery — that lets engineers create, modify, and simulate 3D geometry directly within the Ansys simulation environment, eliminating the need to switch between separate CAD and analysis packages.
Licensed users can download Ansys SpaceClaim and Discovery through the Ansys Customer Portal. Contact CADFEM APAC to obtain a licence or request a free trial for evaluation.
Download the installer from the Ansys Customer Portal, run the setup wizard, and enter your licence server details. Detailed system requirements and step-by-step guides are available in the Ansys Installation Guide included with the download.
Ansys offers free self-paced courses on Ansys Learning Hub, along with official documentation and video tutorials. CADFEM APAC also provides instructor-led training tailored to your industry and workflow.
Use File → Save As to export geometry in formats such as STEP, IGES, ACIS, Parasolid, STL, and more. SpaceClaim also supports direct export to downstream Ansys solvers via Workbench.
Ansys Discovery generates an automatic mesh in real time as you run simulations. For refined control, switch to Refine Mode where you can define mesh sizing, inflation layers, and element types before solving.
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