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System Design

We can create complex system designs for a wide range of applications and requirements. Because of the breadth of our internal capabilities, we are driven to consider all aspects of system design including manufacturability, integration, reliability, and more.


· Specification development services, such as sample testing and comparison experiments

· Optical, structural, and coating design

· Tolerance analysis and process optimization to determine final product image quality

· Support of formal design reviews with customers

· Mechanical part fabrication and assembly services

· Stray light analysis based on optical design form, optical and mechanical part coatings and finishes, and mechanical interfaces

· Thermal Analysis of systems

· Finite Element Analysis of systems

Our Capabilities

· Application-specific design of non-standard optical elements such as aspheres, cylinders, off-axis parabolas, and diffractive elements

· Design of optical assemblies across the spectrum from UV to IR

· Design and execution of active alignment during assembly to compensate for machining tolerances and provide optimized system image quality performance

· Development of customized test equipment

Sample Applications of Capabilities

· Semiconductor testing equipment

· AOI opto-mechanical system

· Medical PCR optomechanical system

· Optomechanical system for medical gene sequencing

· Lens systems for aerospace applications

· Autonomous vehicle cameras

· Optomechanical ophthalmic inspection systems

Software Expertise

· Zemax

· Cold V

· Light Tools

· ASAP

· Fred


Optical Design

· Sequential optical design of elements, lens assemblies, and systems

· Non-sequential stray light and uniformity analysis

FEA Design (Engineering Design Simulation)

We provide professional engineering design and Finite Element Analysis (FEA) simulation services including:

· Static and dynamic structural stress analysis

· Thermal stress analysis and heat transfer including convection and conduction

· Material, geometric, and structural nonlinear stress analysis

· Mode shapes, buckling, harmonic response, and spectral analysis

· Seismic and random vibration analysis

· Optimization (size, shape, topology, materials) for new and existing designs

· Drop tests and multibody dynamics

· Fatigue analysis, multiphysics analysis, and composite material analysis