1. FRED Optical Engineering Software
Stray Light
Analysis
Coherent Beam
Propagation
Optomechanical
System Design
Illumination and
Nonimaging Optics

2. Stray Light Modeling Surface Scatter Models Lambertian Harvey-Shack
ABg
Phong
Diffuse Black Paint
Particulates (Mie)
Diffuse Polynomial
Diffuse Binomial
Tabulated BSDF
Tabulated PSD
K-correlation
User-scripted (BASIC)

3. Optomechanical System Design
Laser induced capillary electrophoresis system

4. Illumination and Nonimaging Optics
LED illumination and imaging module for motion tracking

5. Coherent Beam Propagation
Interferometric testing for material homogeneity

6. Optomechanical System Design
Spectrometer model for medical applications

7. Stray Light Modeling
Bulk Scatter
Ghost Analysis
Importance
Sampling

8. Optomechanical System Design
Photo-realistic visualization with rays traced
Cut-away views with multiple sources colored to wavelength
Rays clear baffle
Plossl Eyepiece
Prism Diagonal
Live 3D interface for design feedback and verification

9. Coherent Beam Propagation
Fiber coupling through a SELFOC GRIN rod

10. Determine unwanted signal paths to your detector!
Stray Light Modeling
Ghost
Reflections
Determine unwanted signal paths to your detector!

11. Illumination and Nonimaging Optics
Linear Polarizer
Simulation
Waveplate
Measurement
Color image analysis with birefringence and polarization

12. Optomechanical System Design
Image simulations in multi-element lens systems

13. Coherent Beam Propagation
Grating interferometer showing field energy and phase

14. Optomechanical System Design
Fluorescence microscope system

15. Stray Light Modeling Add baffles and vanes Direct illumination of FPA
Optics scatter
Secondary baffle scatter
Primary baffle scatter
Source ‘walks off’ primary
2nd level scatter from baffles and main barrel
Add baffles
and vanes

16. Optomechanical System Design
Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor for eye measurements

17. Illumination and Nonimaging Optics
55 LUX (lm/m )
88.5 LUX (lm/m )
Optimization of an LED lens for uniformity

18. Illuminated and critical object analysis for stray light control
Stray Light Modeling
Illuminated and critical object analysis for stray light control

19. Illumination and Nonimaging Optics
Custom source modeling and rayfile import

20. Coherent Beam Propagation
Edge diffraction effects in a baffled telescope system

21. Stray Light Modeling
40 deg deg deg
46 deg deg deg
Polychromatic ghost simulation in a 16 element camera lens

22. Coherent Beam Propagation
Degree of Coherence |12|
Pinhole spacing (mm) a b c A P1 P2 L1 L2 s1 L0 s0 F R
2o
Partially coherent simulation of a diffractometer

23. Illumination and Nonimaging Optics
Photometric analysis for a commercial LED lamp

24. Coherent Beam Propagation
Interference fringes in a polarization alignment setup

25. Coherent Beam Propagation
Propagation of beams diffracted from apertures

26. Optomechanical System Design
Catalog and custom components for rapid system prototyping

27. Thermal image analysis in the EP of a telescope system
Stray Light Modeling
Add pupil
Re-imaging
Thermal image analysis in the EP of a telescope system

28. Optomechanical System Design
Realistic image rendering in visual systems