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.
Get Involved
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 |
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Debanuj Chatterjee |
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Mitchell Gerrard |
Oleg Kameshkov |
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Terry Koken |
Simulight Optics Challenge Workshops
The winners of the challenge will share their simulation during workshops on 02 - 04 December 2024. The workshops will also include a session with our sponsor, Photon Design.
Attendees will have a chance to interact directly with the creators of the simulations during these workshops, which will be held in Zoom meetings. It will be a chance to ask detailed questions, get real-time feedback, and connect with members of your community.
Register Now for the Workshops |
Session 1
When: 02 December 2024 at 11:00 - 12:00 Eastern Time (US & Canada) (UTC -05:00)
Featured tutorials:
- "Simulation of Bound states in continuum in 2D photonic crystal slab" by Oleg Kameshknov
- "MC Simulation of Scattering in Biological Tissue" by Carsten Brenner
Session 2
When: 03 December 2024 at 11:00 - 12:00 Eastern Time (US & Canada) (UTC -05:00)
Featured tutorials:
- Photon Design demo by Alex Edwards
- "Simulating Optical Fiber With Effective Area for Nonlinear Calculations" by Mitchell Gerrard
Session 3
When: 04 December 2024 at 11:00 - 12:00 Eastern Time (US & Canada) (UTC -05:00)
Featured tutorials:
- "Conics, Caustics and Centers of Curvature" by Terry Koken
- "Simulation of Similaritons using the NLSE" by Debanuj Chatterjee
Thank you to our sponsor:
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.
