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Students, the deadline is next month! Keysight Optical Design Engineering invites you to participate in the Robert S. Hilbert Memorial Optical Design Competition, recognizing excellence in student optical design projects completed during the 2025–2026 academic year. Eligible undergraduate, master’s, and PhD students in North America may submit course assignments or thesis work developed using CODE V, LightTools, LucidShape, ImSym, or RSoft Photonic Device Tools. 💸Awards totaling $20,000 will be granted. ⭐ Submission deadline: June 15, 2026 Learn more about eligibility, rules, and submission requirements: 🔗 ow.ly/mJRb50YAXSc #OpticalDesign #OpticalEngineering #Photonics #EngineeringEducation #STEM
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📢Optics 2026 Registration Open | 3rd International Conference on Optics and Laser Technology | October 29–30, 2026 | Berlin, Germany 🌐 scitechseries.com/optics #Optics2026 #LaserTechnology #OpticalEngineering #MedicalLasers #LaserResearch #BerlinConference #CPD #ScitechSeries
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💡 Wave Aberration Macros in CODE V This example demonstrates how to use the supplied Wave Aberration macros for analysis and optimization with the 4th and 6th order wave aberration coefficients.  These ready-to-use models help shorten setup time and make it easier to move from concept to refined design. 🔗 CODE V is now part of Keysight’s optical solutions portfolio. Explore the tools and request a trial:  keysight.com/us/en/products/… #ExampleModelMondays  #CODEV  #optics  #opticaldesign  #opticalengineering  #designbrilliance
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The IFS500A Ion Beam Figuring Machine is ready for delivery, delivering ultra-precision, stable, and reliable optical surface correction for advanced manufacturing. 🚀 🌐 afisy.com #AFiSy #IonBeamFiguring #IFS500A #UltraPrecision #OpticalEngineering #fyp
📢 #SpecialIssue Advances in Terahertz and Laser Technologies: Innovations, Applications, and Future Directions 📅 20 December 2026 👨‍🔬 Guest Editors: Dr. Hui Li from Tianjin University, China Dr. Chenglong Zheng from Zhengzhou University, China 🔗mdpi.com/journal/applsci/spe… #terahertz #laserapplications #metasurfaces #wavemanipulation #photonicdevices #nondestructiveevaluation #ultrabroadbandcommunication #opticalengineering #metamaterials
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💡 Reducing Sensitivity in Highly Aspheric Designs—Using SNA in CODE V Designing with highly aspheric surfaces often introduces tolerance sensitivity challenges. This example shows how to apply optimization with an SNA constraint in CODE V to manage and reduce that sensitivity. These ready-to-use models help shorten setup time and make it easier to move from concept to refined design. 🔗 CODE V is now part of Keysight’s optical solutions portfolio. Explore the tools and request a trial: ow.ly/Bj2m50YWUH9 #ExampleModelMondays  #CODEV  #optics  #opticaldesign  #opticalengineering  #designbrilliance
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A KAUST-led team defines a practical feedback limit for quantum dot lasers, showing stable operation at −6.7 dB and 10 Gbps. A step toward isolator-free photonic circuits for LiDAR and optical computing. Read more: cemse.kaust.edu.sa/articles/… #KAUST #CEMSE #OpticalEngineering
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Albrighter features precision optical prisms for beam steering and light path control in photonics and optical instrumentation systems. Read more: ow.ly/q7uM50YuzFB #Albrighter #opticalprisms #photonics #opticalcomponents #opticalengineering
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💡Do you know about the Field Map option in CODE V? This example model demonstrates how to use the Field Map option in CODE V with an off-axis three-mirror system. With example models, you can explore CODE V’s powerful design and analysis features through practical, hands-on scenarios. Engineers can quickly grasp how each function works and become instantly more productive. Jumpstart your next imaging project with the ready-to-use models in CODE V. Have CODE V already? Here's how to use example models: keysight.com/blogs/en/tech/s… 🔗CODE V has a new home at @Keysight! Check it out and request a trial today: keysight.com/us/en/products/… #ExampleModelMondays #CODEV #optics #opticaldesign #opticalengineering #designbrilliance
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#PhotonicsFriday | The Future Belongs to Photonics As optical engineers, we’re watching photonics step in where traditional electronics can no longer keep pace. From ultra‑fast networking and quantum systems to 6G, AI acceleration, and biosensing, photonics is now central to next‑generation architectures. 🤚Why photonics? Because light delivers what electrons can’t: ▫️Greater bandwidth ▫️Higher speed ▫️Lower power heat ▫️Chip‑scale integration of complex optical functions As Moore’s Law slows, these advantages become essential for scaling emerging technologies. But designing photonic systems isn’t trivial—wave‑based physics demand precise modeling, and electro‑optic integration adds more complexity. Traditional EDA tools weren’t built for this. That’s why Keysight Photonic Designer is transformative: a next-generation platform created specifically for accurate, physics‑driven PIC simulation, validation, and optimization. Optical engineers finally have the rigor and workflow integration needed to accelerate innovation. 🔧 And for passive photonic component design, engineers can also rely on RSoft Photonic Device tools, enabling accurate modeling of waveguides, couplers, gratings, and other passive structures before integrating them into full PIC platforms. Together, these tools give engineers a complete path—from passive device physics to full PIC‑level design—to build the photonics systems the future demands. 📚 Source: keysight.com/blogs/en/tech/s… #photonics #optics #DesignEngineeringSoftware #EngineeringSoftware #rsoft #opticalengineering
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#OpenAccess #Optica article: A lightweight large‑aperture imaging system using wavefront coding deep learning achieves 11× DoF, dual‑band performance, and cuts weight to 496 g using optical plastics. Freeform/aspheric encoding DeblurGANv2 decoding = high‑quality restoration. Designed tolerance‑checked in CODE V (2000‑run Monte Carlo). Read this Optics Continuum article: opg.optica.org/optcon/fullte… #OpticalEngineering #CODEV #Photonics #WavefrontCoding #Optics
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Test a Spatial Light Modulator under real lab conditions. Demo units now available at special pricing for beam shaping, holography, and adaptive optics, quantum computing applications. Limited quantities. #SLM #Photonics #OpticalEngineering
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High-precision laser profiling made reliable. OPS-1000 Optical Profiling System offers extreme sensitivity for complex reflective and transparent surfaces. #LaserProfiling #OpticalEngineering #Photonics
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🎉 We’re thrilled to share that Keysight’s ImSym Imaging System Simulator was honored as a Platinum-Level Award Recipient at the January 2026 reception held in San Francisco at SPIE BiOS and Photonics West! This recognition highlights the transformative impact of ImSym, the first commercial software platform enabling virtual prototyping of complete imaging systems. ImSym helps teams: ✨ Accelerate imaging design cycles 🤝 Collaborate more seamlessly across designers, manufacturers, OEMs & partners 🛡️ Reduce development risk by validating performance virtually 💰 Lower costs by minimizing reliance on physical prototypes 🚀 Bring innovative imaging products to market faster By modeling the entire imaging chain—from scene and optics, to detectors and electronics, to image processing—ImSym empowers developers to test and refine system performance long before manufacturing begins. We’re honored to receive this award and excited to continue supporting the imaging community with tools that drive innovation forward. 👉What are you waiting for? Learn more about ImSym and request a trial: ow.ly/huNj50Y419B About this #LaserFocusWorld award and other winners: ow.ly/N5ic50Y419E #SPIEBiOS #PhotonicsWest #ImagingInnovation #Keysight #ImSym #VirtualPrototyping #OpticalDesign #DesignEngineeringSoftware #EngineeringSoftware #designbrilliance #opticalengineering #opticalsimulation #shiftleft
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🎉 LightTools turns 31 🎉 Built for non‑imaging optical design from the start, LightTools has long helped optical engineers model, optimize, and design manufacturable illumination systems—faster and with confidence. 🍰Get a free trial: keysight.com/us/en/products/… #LightTools #designbrilliance #optics #opticaldesign #illuminationdesign #opticalengineering #Keysight #DesignEngineeringSoftware #EngineeringSoftware
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