Programming and Software for Optics

Simulation software and numerical techniques are powerful tools to model complex photonic systems, understand their behaviour, optimize their design and performance, and provide excellent support to experimental activities. This module introduces some of the programming tools and software packages that are used for optical and photonics simulations. Module content: Simulations in ray optics, wave optics and multiphysics: demos of commercial software, such as Zemax, Comsol Multiphysics, Ansys Lumerical. Scripting via Python/Matlab for pre-/post-processing, creation of compex geometries via CAD software, and design optimization.