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VIRTUALLAB FUSION IS PACKED WITH NEW FEATURES AND TAKES A GIANT LEAP WITH THE NEW UNIVERSAL DETECTOR.

Light­Trans Inter­na­tio­nal pres­ents the latest ver­sion of Vir­tual­Lab Fusion 2023.1, which takes the ama­zing tech­no­logy of Fast Phy­si­cal Optics to a whole new level.

»This release is a true fea­ture-fes­ti­val and once again high­lights the con­ti­nuous and suc­cessful deve­lo­p­ment of our soft­ware,« said Prof. Dr. Frank Wyrow­ski, Pre­si­dent of Light­Trans. In Decem­ber, the Inter­na­tio­nal Society for Optics and Pho­to­nics announ­ced SPIE Vir­tual­Lab Fusion as a fina­list for the 2023 SPIE Prism Award in the Soft­ware cate­gory. »This reco­gni­tion by SPIE is a great honor for us,« he said.

»After a year of inten­sive deve­lo­p­ment, we offer new fea­tures, appli­ca­ti­ons and inno­va­tions, with hig­her speed, easier ope­ra­tion, more phy­sics, more trans­pa­rency and bet­ter con­trol for mode­ling and desig­ning any opti­cal setup,« said Chris­tian Hell­mann, chief deve­lo­per and vice pre­si­dent of LightTrans.

Increased speed

Vir­tual­Lab Fusion (VLF) enables rapid phy­si­cal mode­ling of opti­cal sys­tems through two out­stan­ding key tech­no­lo­gies. The com­bi­na­tion of both tech­no­lo­gies has been fur­ther opti­mi­zed in Vir­tual­Lab Fusion to achieve even hig­her speed than before. In addi­tion, the use of mul­ti­core pro­ces­sors for par­al­lel cal­cu­la­ti­ons has been impro­ved com­pared to pre­vious ver­si­ons of the soft­ware. The latest bench­mark tests have shown that the new ver­sion is more than twice as fast as the last ver­sion 2021.1.

Hig­her speed

Vir­tual­Lab Fusion (VLF) enables fast phy­si­cal mode­ling of opti­cal sys­tems through two out­stan­ding key tech­no­lo­gies. The com­bi­na­tion of both tech­no­lo­gies has been fur­ther opti­mi­zed in Vir­tual­Lab Fusion to achieve even hig­her speed than before. In addi­tion, the use of mul­ti­core pro­ces­sors for par­al­lel cal­cu­la­ti­ons has been impro­ved com­pared to pre­vious ver­si­ons of the soft­ware. The latest bench­mark tests have shown that the new ver­sion is more than twice as fast as the last ver­sion 2021.1.

Easier to use

In Vir­tual­Lab Fusion 2023.1, there is now a com­pre­hen­sive help and assis­tance con­cept that is con­ti­nuously and dyna­mi­cally expan­ded. This new wizard explains func­tions within the soft­ware on demand.

At the same time, there is a new pro­file edi­tor, pro­file editing tools and more uni­fied data views. These tools make it easier for new­co­mers to get star­ted with VLF 2023.1 and also pro­vide expe­ri­en­ced users with new insights and more user-fri­endly handling.

More phy­sics

The new Uni­ver­sal Detec­tor repres­ents a huge step for­ward. Prior to VLF 2023.1, the fields had to be pro­pa­ga­ted to all active detec­tors in the sys­tem. If the final step to the detec­tor was very com­pu­ta­tio­nally inten­sive, the simu­la­tion had to be repea­ted mul­ti­ple times, which could unneces­s­a­rily inf­late the pro­cess. With the new ver­sion, this chan­ges dra­sti­cally, as the power of the phy­si­cal optics is fully exploi­ted. The Uni­ver­sal Detec­tor recei­ves infor­ma­tion about the elec­tro­ma­gne­tic field, which con­ta­ins all the phy­si­cal infor­ma­tion about light. Thus, aberra­ti­ons, ampli­tude, inten­sity, irra­di­ance, illu­mi­nance, radi­ance and lumi­nous inten­sity, cohe­rence, pola­riza­tion, color tem­pe­ra­ture, beam para­me­ters, spot size, shape and length of an ultras­hort pulse, and other values or pro­per­ties can be easily map­ped. In addi­tion, it is pos­si­ble to directly imple­ment your own exten­si­ons using the pro­gramming envi­ron­ment pro­vi­ded for this pur­pose. Best of all, any miss­ing detec­tor func­tion can be quickly added at the customer’s request wit­hout the need for a new soft­ware release.

More trans­pa­rency

It has always been a goal to increase the trans­pa­rency of VLF technology.

With this in mind, the new VLF Wizard pro­vi­des insight into the con­cepts, fea­tures, usage, some typi­cal bug fixes and recom­men­ded fur­ther infor­ma­tion. The new pro­file edi­tor and pro­file editing tools also pro­vide a com­plete and trans­pa­rent over­view of the sys­tem and the para­me­ters used. Some new fea­tures of the Sys­tem Mode­ling Ana­ly­zer have become more func­tional and pro­vide bet­ter insight into the effects of the mode­ling steps.

And for a truly accu­rate view of what is hap­pe­ning intern­ally during a simu­la­tion, pro­cess log­ging in VLF 2023.1 pro­vi­des detailed infor­ma­tion on, for exam­ple, algo­rithm per­for­mance, sam­pling, pro­cess para­me­ters, and com­pu­ta­tion time.

Bet­ter control

The new Pro­file Edi­tor pro­vi­des com­pre­hen­sive insight and full con­trol over all sys­tem and mode­ling para­me­ters. It acts as a con­trol cen­ter for mode­ling and design by pro­vi­ding well-struc­tu­red access to all rele­vant para­me­ters in one place and giving you intel­li­gent func­tions for fast editing. VLF 2023.1’s uni­que Expert mode is the first to pro­vide a wider range of advan­ced set­ting options.

 

More infor­ma­tion can be found here: www.lighttrans.com

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