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CODE V

Synopsys' CODE V Delivers Optical Design Innovations That Enable Reduced Manufacturing Costs
October 2012
Synopsys' CODE V Enhances Analysis of Precision Optical Systems
September 2011
Synopsys' CODE V Enhances Aspheric Lens System Design
March 2011
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

Synopsys' LightTools 8.0 Increases Designer Productivity with Faster Performance and Enhanced 3D Design
January 2013
Synopsys' LightTools Offers New Solutions for Lighting Systems Design and Analysis
June 2012
LightTools 7.2 Delivers Leading-Edge Illumination Analysis
July 2011
LightTools 7.1 Enhances Lighting Design Capabilities for the Development of Luminaires
November 2010
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

Robert S. Hilbert Memorial Telescope Helps Support Innovation in Optical Education and Development
January 2013
Synopsys Announces Results of Robert S. Hilbert Memorial Optical Design Competition
August 2012
Synopsys Acquires RSoft Design Group
May 2012
OSA Foundation Recognizes Student Researchers Frontiers in Optics 2011
November 2011
Synopsys Announces Results of Robert S. Hilbert Memorial Optical Design Competition
August 2011
SPIE Promotes Synopsys’ William J. Cassarly to Fellow of the Society
January 2011
Synopsys Acquires Optical Research Associates
October 2010
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

"Design considerations for enhancing LED efficiency"
LEDs Magazine, October 2012
“Freeform Optical Surfaces: Report from OSA’s first incubator meeting”
Optics & Photonics News, September 2012
"Freeform Optical Surfaces: A Revolution in Imaging Optical Design"
Optics & Photonics News, June 2012
"Color rendering metrics for LED lighting"
Global LEDs/OLEDS, Winter 2012 issue
(Free registration required to view article, which starts on page 20)
"Color Modeling in Solid-State Lighting"
ECN Magazine, December 2011
"Freeform Optics Design Advances Lighting and Illumination"
Laser Focus World, March 2011
"Illumination Design Program Delivers Enhanced Optimisation"
Electronics Engineer, July 2009
"LED Attributes for Accurate Modeling: An Optical Designer’s Wish List"
LEDs Magazine, September/October 2009
"The Search for Other Earths"
Photonics Spectra, October 2009
"Head-Worn Displays: The Future Through New Eyes"
Optics & Photonics News, April 2009
"Illuminating Optics"
Scientific Computing World, February/March 2009
"High-Brightness LEDs"
Optics & Photonics News, January 2008
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"Using Software to Validate Assumptions in Projector Design"
Photonics Spectra, December 2007
"Optical design program will deliver enhanced LED modelling"
Engineer Live, 2007
"ORA: Solving Real-World Engineering Challenges"
Photonics.com, February 2007
"3D Design Program Helps Enlighten Optical Designers"
Engineer Live
"Optimizing Automotive LED Lighting"
Photonics Spectra, December 2006
"Integrated optimization capabilities provide a robust tool for LED backlight design"
LEDs Magazine, October 2006
"Illumination Systems Design: LEDs offer an attractive alternative to HID lamps in miniature projectors"
LaserFocusWorld, July 2006
"Designing with Diffractives"
Photonics Spectra, February 2006
"Early Books in Optics and Optical Design"
Optics & Photonics News, October 2005
"What's Next in Optical Design Software"
NASA Tech Briefs, November 2005
"Choosing software: Different design paths lead to different solutions, Part I"
LaserFocusWorld, September 2005
"Automated optimization advances software for illumination design"
LaserFocusWorld, September 2004
"What's Next for Optical Design Software?"
Photonics Tech Briefs, 2004
"Software Turns Spotlight on Illumination Design"
LaserFocusWorld, October 2002
"Curved Focal Surfaces: Design Optimization Through Symmetry, Not Complexity" 
Photonics Tech Briefs, April 2003
"Taming Light"
OE Magazine, December 2002
"LED Modeling"
Photonics Tech Briefs, April 2002
LightTools Highlighted in Photonics Tech Briefs Article
Photonics Tech Briefs, November 1999

 

OTHER FEATURES

OptoIQ Webcast: Meaningful Specifications for Complex Aspheres

This webcast, sponsored by Synopsys (along with Optimax Systems Inc. and LightWorks Optics) discusses the benefits of a new mathematical surface formulation for rotationally symmetric aspheres.  CODE V 10.3, released in 2011, includes many new capabilities that take advantage of this new surface form, and in general, make it much easier to design superior optical systems using non-spherical surfaces. To view the webcast, you must first register.

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