The LightSoft company provides professional optical software to design optical components and systems. Currently, two optical software modules have been developed and are on the market, which includes thin-film/grating design and DOE design.
Our design kernel is based on the latest computer technology, both in hardware and software, so it runs efficiently to deliver customers a more precise and robust result in a short amount of time.
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.
Dr. Jiang is an expert in FORTRAN 90, C/C++/C#, Python, MATLAB, and Unix/Linux programming as well as MPI and OpenMP parallel computing.
He studied and did research at Tsinghua University (Beijing, China) for 8+ years, and earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in physics and optics. He then studied and worked at the University of Alabama in Huntsville for 9+ years where he obtained his Ph.D. in Optical Science and Engineering. His Ph.D. dissertation is RIGOROUS ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENTS. During his studies at UAH, he developed multiple algorithms and software for designing micro and integrated optics.
Dr. Jiang worked at Breault Research for 9+ years as the main kernel developer for two industry-flagship products, ASAP and APEX, for stray light analysis for any general optical systems.
LightSoft Strategy Partner
LightSoft works closely with our strategy partner to provide our customers a complete one-stop Diffractive Optics solution from design to fabrication with state-of-the-art nano-fabrication facilities, including Lithography tools:
- Contact Exposure
- Stepper/Scanner
- Laser Direct Writing
- E-beam EQ
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Anstrong Technology Co., Ltd. was established in June 2018. The company is headquartered in Shenzhen, China and has branches in Nanjing, Shanghai, and the United States. The company is committed to becoming a top enterprise in the field of 3D sensing/intelligent hardware, providing a first-class experience of 3D transmission for smart terminals such as mobile phones/tablets/PCs, face payment, security monitoring, smart city, smart driving, AR/VR, robotics and many other industries.
Helpful Links
1. Dr Jiang’s PhD dissetation http://www.et.byu.edu/~gnordin/nordin/dissertations/2000_John_dissertation.pdf
2. More PhD dissertations related to LightSoft algrithm http://www.et.byu.edu/~gnordin/nordin/dissertations/2000_Lou_dissertation.pdf
3. Dr Jiang’s published papers:
- 3.1 J. Jiang and G. P. Nordin, “A Rigorous Unidirectional Method for Designing Finite Aperture Diffractive Optical Elements“, Opt. Express 7(6), pp. 237-242 (2000).
- 3.2 G. P. Nordin, S. Kim, J. Cai, and J. Jiang, “Hybrid integration of conventional waveguide and photonic crystal structures,” Opt. Express 10(23), 1334-1341 (2002).
- 3.3 L. Li, G. P. Nordin, J. M. English, and J. Jiang, “Small-area bends and beamsplitters for low-index-contrast waveguides“, Opt. Express 11(3), 282-290 (2003).
- 3.4 J. Jiang, J. Cai, G. P. Nordin, and L. Li, “Parallel microgenetic algorithm design for photonic crystal and waveguide structures,” Opt. Lett. 28(23), pp. 2381-2383 (2003).
- 3.5 S. Kim, G. P. Nordin, J. Cai, and J. Jiang, “Ultracompact high-efficiency polarizing beam splitter with a hybrid photonic crystal and conventional waveguide structure,” Opt. Lett. 28(23), pp. 2384-2386 (2003).
- 3.6 S. Kim, J. Cai, J. Jiang, and G. P. Nordin, “New ring resonator configuration using hybrid photonic crystal and conventional waveguide structures,” Opt. Express 12(11), pp. 2356-2364 (2004).
- 3.7 J. Cai, G. P. Nordin, S. Kim, and J. Jiang, “3D analysis of hybrid photonic crystal/conventional waveguide 90° bend,” Appl. Opt. 43(21), pp. 4244-4249 (2004).
- 3.8 B. Wang, J. Jiang, and G. P. Nordin, “Compact slanted grating couplers,” Opt. Express 12(15), pp. 3313-3326 (2004).
- 3.9 S. Kim, G. P. Nordin, J. Jiang, and J. Cai, “High efficiency 90 degree silica waveguide bend using an air hole photonic crystal region,” IEEE Photonics Tech. Let. 16(8), pp. 1846-1848 (2004).
- 3.10 S. Kim, G. P. Nordin, J. Jiang, and J. Cai, “Micro-genetic algorithm design of hybrid conventional waveguide and photonic crystal structures,” Opt. Eng., 43(9), pp. 2143-2149 (2004).
- 3.11 B. Wang, J. Jiang, D. M. Chambers, and G. P. Nordin, “Stratified waveguide grating coupler for normal fiber incidence,” Opt. Lett., 30(8), pp. 845-847 (2005).
- 3.12 B. Wang, J. Jiang, and G. P. Nordin, “Embedded slanted grating coupler for vertical coupling between fibers and silicon-on-insulator planar waveguides,” Phot. Techn. Lett. 17(9), pp. 1884-1886 (2005).
- 3.13 Seunghyun Kim, Jianhua jiang, and Gregory P. Nordin, “Design of compact polymer Mach-Zender interferometer and ring resonator with air trench structures,” Opt. Eng. 45, 054602 (2006).
- 3.14 Lixia Li, Jaime Cardenas, Jianhua Jiang and G. P. Nordin, “Compact integrated depolarizer for IFOG,” Opt. Eng. 45, 055602 (2006).
- 3.15 Yusheng Qian, Seunghyun Kim, Jiquo Song, Gregory P. Nordin, and Jianhua Jiang, “Compact and low loss silicon-on-insulator ridge waveguide 90° bend,” Opt. Express 14, pp. 6020-6028 (2006).
- 3.16 Bin Wang, Jianhua Jiang, and Gregory P. Nordin, “Systematic design process for slanted graing couplers,” Appl. Opt. 45(24) pp. 6223-6226 (2006).
- 3.17 J. Jiang, P. C. Deguzman, and G. P. Nordin, “Analysis of stacked rotated gratings,” Applied Optics 46(8) pp. 1177-1183 (2007).
4. Free CAD http://www.freecadweb.org/
5. Public links about Dr Jianhua Jiang http://www.breault.com/sites/default/files/knowledge_base/pc-2006-08-01-pho_0.pdf