Micro/Nano Optical Design Software

LightSoft develops professional optical design software for micro/nano devices with unique proprietary/latest algorithms in the literature. With proven accuracy and speed, our software can save customers both time and money in their product design and prototyping process

Products

DOEMaster® 

For general diffractive optical element design based on the latest Iterative Fourier Transform Algorithm optimization method

** The only software in the market which can design wide-angle DOE with a total diffraction angle up to 120 degrees.

GratingMaster®

For designing 1D/2D surface-relief gratings, slanted gratings, and holographic volume gratings based on RCWA (Rigorous Coupled Wave Analysis)

** Can design wide-angle 1D and 2D Dammann Gratings

CGH Null Lens Encoding

CGH (Computer Generated Hologram) is a diffractive optical null element that can create any arbitrary wavefront. With the help of CGH, it is easy to perform interferometric testing of complex optical surfaces such as freeform, and off-axis aspheric surfaces.

There are four steps in the CGH null testing process: 1) CGH Phase Function, 2) Encoding/Quantizing the CGH phase function, 3) CGH mask fabrication, and 4) Final Testing

CGH phase design capabilities have been incorporated into most commercial lens design/ray-tracing programs. CGH mask fabrication can be easily realized with standard photolithography used in the semiconductor industry. The only missing step is encoding software to quantize the CGH phase function.

The CGH Wizard of DOEMaster is the world’s first commercially available CGH encoding software. It is based on LightSoft’s own proprietary CGH encoding algorithm with a simple and intuitive user interface. CGH Wizard encoding algorithm is parallelized in FORTRAN and is very fast, able to encode most CGHs in minutes.

Optical Engineering Services

With deep knowledge in optical science and engineering for over 20 years, LightSoft is proud to serve our global customers with optical engineering services based on our in-house tools and expertise.

We can help with optical designs of thin-film/gratings and diffractive optical elements for your simple and challenging applications.

Please contact us if you are interested in contracting!

About the Founder

LightSoft’s president, Dr. Jianhua Jiang, has over 20 years of optical software development experience. He has a physics and optics background and acquired strong computer science skills over the years. His tools have been used to design optical components and systems from micro to macro levels in the real world for over 15 years.