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Simulight Optics Challenge

Simulight Optics Challenge

Congratulations to the winners of the Simulight Optics Challenge! Register now to attend their workshops on 02 - 04 December.

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Optical modeling is a cornerstone of both our academic research and industrial product development. Optica Technical Groups created the Simulight Optics Challenge to foster community through the sharing of modeling tutorials. Participants were invited to create educational tutorial videos that demonstrated step-by-step simulation methodologies in photonics. The goal is to build a library of resources that help others learn how to perform simulations using specific software or programming languages.

We're pleased to share that there were 16 submissions in the inaugural challenge. The submissions were reviewed by a group of seven executive committee from the Optical Fabrication and Testing, Imaging Optical Design, NonImaging Optical Design, Integrated Photonics, Nanophotonics, and Optical Biosensors Technical Groups. The entries were judged on a scale of 0 to 5 in the categories of clarity and legibility, tutorial quality, ingenuity and expertise, creativity and design, as well as engagement and accessability.

The winner's of this year's Simulight Optics Challenge are:

Carsten Brenner
     
Debanuj Chatterjee
     
Mitchell Gerrard
   

 

Oleg Kameshkov
  
Terry Koken
 
 

Thank you to our sponsor:

Photon Design

 

 

 

Thank you to our challenge judges:

  • Alvaro Casas-Bedoya, University of Sydney
  • Catalin Florea, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co.
  • Debasmita Banerjee, University of Central Florida, CREOL
  • Maryna Meretska, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
  • Santosh Kumar, Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation
  • Sarika Joshi, IIT Bombay
  • Sejeong Kim, University of Melbourne
  • Yoshitomo Okawachi, Xscape Photonics Inc.

Thank you to our founding committee members:

  • Alvaro Casas-Bedoya, University of Sydney
  • Christopher Holmes, University of Southampton
  • Debasmita Banerjee, University of Central Florida, CREOL
  • Marie-Anne Burcklen, Institut d'Optique Lab Fabry
  • Maryna Meretska, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
  • Santosh Kumar, Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation
  • Sejeong Kim, University of Melbourne
  • Yoshitomo Okawachi, Xscape Photonics Inc.
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