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CODE V

ORA and QED Technologies Announce Cooperative Agreement
June 2010
CODE V 10.2 Delivers Enhanced Ease of Use
January 2010
National Security Technologies Wins R&D 100 Award for Holographic Imaging Device Designed in CODE V
September 2009
CODE V 10.1 Delivers Powerful, Efficient Diffraction Analysis Capabilities and Ease of Use
July 2009
TFCalc 3.5 Delivers Support for CODE V Coating Data
February 2009
 

LightTools

ERCO: Developing a New Reflector Generation Using LightTools
March 2010
LightTools 7.0 Delivers Expanded Capabilities for Illumination Design
February 2010
LightTools 6.3 Delivers Enhanced Optimization and LED Modeling
June 2009
LightTools 6.2 Delivers Powerful New Features for General Lighting and Display Design
January 2009
 

CORPORATE

ORA Personal Display Featured in Laser Focus World
August 2010
ORA Student Optical Design Competition: Winners for 2010
July 2010
ORA Announces Availability of Rolland-Thompson Collection of Antiquarian Books in Early Optics
June 2010
Students to Receive New Robert S. Hilbert Memorial Travel Grant
June 2010
ORA Tucson Office Relocation Announcement
May 2010
Robert S. Hilbert Memorial Student Travel Grant Established
March 2010
ORA Engineer Mark Kahan Receives Steve Benton Memorial Award
January 2010
ORA Student Optical Design Competition: Winners for 2009
July 2009
Claude Thomas Walker Named ORA's Software Chief Technology Officer
June 2009
ORA Names George Bayz President and Chief Executive Officer
January 2009

 

 

 

 

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FEATURES FROM PERIODICALS

"Head-Worn Displays: The Future Through New Eyes"
"Illuminating Optics"
"Using Software to Validate Assumptions in Projector Design"
"High-Brightness LEDs"
"Optical design program will deliver enhanced LED modelling"
"ORA: Solving Real-World Engineering Challenges"
"3D Design Program Helps Enlighten Optical Designers"
"Optimizing Automotive LED Lighting"
"Integrated optimization capabilities provide a robust tool for LED backlight design"
"Illumination Systems Design: LEDs offer an attractive alternative to HID lamps in miniature projectors"
"Designing with Diffractives"
"What's Next in Optical Design Software"
"Early Books in Optics and Optical Design"
"Choosing software: Different design paths lead to different solutions, Part I"
"Automated optimization advances software for illumination design"
"What's Next for Optical Design Software?"
"Optical design tools for backlight displays"
"Design software: which package do you need?"
"Software Turns Spotlight on Illumination Design"
ORA-authored feature article in: "Curved Focal Surfaces: Design Optimization Through Symmetry, Not Complexity" 
ORA-authored feature article in OE Magazine: "Taming Light"
LED Modeling
LightTools Highlighted in Photonics Tech Briefs Article
 

PRESENTATIONS

SPIE Presentation: "Error Analysis of Photonics Device"
SPIE Presentation: "Modeling Anisotropic Scattering Surfaces in Illumination Software"

 

OTHER FEATURES

Stray Light and Other Developments in France
CODE V Photonics/Telecom FAQ

 

 

 

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