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The CODE V MetaOptic Design add-on supports a significant advancement in optical technology by enabling the design of meta optical surfaces. These surfaces are thin, flat structures that can significantly enhance the performance and functionality of traditional lenses. Metalenses, like other diffractive elements, have the potential to become a powerful new tool in an optical engineer’s toolbox.
With the CODE V Meta Optic Design tool, you can combine ray tracing with electromagnetic field solvers to simplify the design of imaging systems that include both conventional optics and metalenses.
Features & Benefits
Cutting-Edge Metalens Technology
Sophisticated Meta-Atom Modeling
Integrated Optimization Tools
Utilize advanced metalens technology to enhance optical systems.
Use advanced modeling to apply intricate patterns of meta-atoms to surfaces.
Optimize metalens design and conventional refractive/reflective elements simultaneously.
Practical Design Examples
With the MetaOptic Design add-on, users can leverage a sophisticated diffractive optic property modeling process within CODE V to efficiently design these complex surfaces. This capability opens new possibilities for creating more efficient, compact, and versatile optical systems. Contact us to get a demo of these examples.
Polarization beamsplitter
Example of a polarization beamsplitter with arbitrary image locations. CODE V considers the polarization-dependence of the meta-atom optical property during design.
Two Metalenses for Aberration Correction
A system with two metalenses over a field of view of 40 degrees, which demonstrated that the CODE V MetaOptic Module can consider angular dependence of the meta-atom optical property.
Miniature Imager for Near-eye Display
A miniature imager for a near-eye display using a metaform mirror. Metaform elements offer greater flexibility for aberration control and form-factor reduction. CODE V MetaOptic Design is able to consider reflective metasurfaces as well as a metasurface on a curved substrate.
Scanning Fiber Endoscope
One of the smallest forward-viewing endoscopes, where a metalens can be used to project light from the fiber tip at a given location to a specific angle to provide illumination. It is easy to use a curved surface as the object surface in CODE V for a metalens system.
Color Correction for a Landscape Lens
Metalens example from the CODE V Example Model Library. CODE V offers extensive learning materials to help you jumpstart your design to include metalenses in your optical system.
Comprehensive Metasurface Design Workflow
1. Build meta-atom database
- Can be a pre-supplied database or custom database using DiffractMOD RCWA or FullWAVE FDTD
2. Perform ray-based design
- Set optical system in CODE V
- Optimize refractive lens + metalens
3. Use CODE V error function (spot size, wavefront error, or user-specified error function)
- Set variables and constraints
4. Post processing and manufacturing
- View results
- Perform post-processing
- Integrate manufacturing impact in your design using Synopsys S-Litho
Advanced Optimization Process for Superior Performance
During the optimization, you can vary the metalens design parameters, radii of both surfaces of the lens, the thickness of the lens, and the distance between the lens and the metalens -- all at the same time. The optimizer balances the system performance for wavelengths and field angle combinations.
In this example, the starting point of the design has a plane parallel plate and uniform distribution of the meta-atom design parameters. The final design has been optimized for transverse ray aberration and transmission.
Export Meta Optic Data into MetaOptic Designer
You can export CODE V meta optic data to MetaOptic Designer, an independent design tool that features an inverse design algorithm.
Manufacturing Support for Seamless Production
You can export your CODE V meta optic design to a GDSII file, which is required by manufacturers.
Licensing and Activation
This tool is an optional add-on for CODE V and is available for an additional fee. It also requires Synopsys Common Licensing for activation.
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