SAN FRANCISCO—EDA and IP vendor Synopsys Inc. has acquired Optical Research Associates (ORA), a privately held provider of optical design software and engineering services, the company said Thursday ...

Broadens Keysight’s growing design engineering software portfolio and computer-aided engineering capabilities. Expands SAM with the addition of optical system design, analysis, simulation, and virtual ...

Zemax, one of the most recognized brands in the field of optical design software, is set to become part of a much larger engineering simulation company by the end of the year. Current owner EQT ...

CODE V version 10.3, now available from Synopsys, delivers new design and analysis capabilities that enable optical designers to better design, analyze, and tolerance non-spherical surfaces.

In the early time of optical design, people have to be proficient in aberration theory and perform a huge amount of numerical calculations, and thus mathematical skills and talents are very important.