What is FRED?

FRED Optical Engineering Software is a globally recognized optomechanical raytracing software used by companies, government, and universities in the development of optical systems used for straylight analysis, laser systems, LED / illumination system design and imaging systems. FRED has an easy to use CAD-like interface and is a flexible general-purpose raytracing software.

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FREDmpc

The latest version of FRED - FREDmpc is the only general-purpose optical engineering software in the world that performs the raytrace using GPUs. Calculation speeds of FREDmpc can be over 100 times faster than conventional CPU based raytracing!

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Feature Overview

 GPU raytrace - over 100x faster than multi-threaded CPU raytrace calculations
 3D graphical interface for model rendering, construction and verification
 Import lens data from lens design software such as Zemax, CODE V, OSLO
 Import and export 3D CAD files such as IGES, STEP, OBJ, etc.
 Non-sequential and sequential ray tracing
 Latest catalog data (glasses, optical components, etc.)
 Coherent Beam propagation (laser, interference, diffraction, polarization)
 Multivariable optimizer
 Tolerancing analysis
 Multithreading using up to 63 threads
 Distributed calculation function on unlimited PCs
 Built-in BASIC Scripting



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Stray Light Analysis

  • Imaging systems, Cameras, Astronomical Telescopes
  • Ghosts, Flares
  • Optomechanical Modeling
  • Scatter
  • Surface Roughness / Contamination
  • UV to long-wave IR
  • Thermal self-emission analysis

Illumination Design

  • Lightpipe design
  • Freeform optics
  • LED Display
  • Projectors
  • Fluorescence

Optical Instrument Design

  • Interferometers
  • Spectrometers
  • Diffractometers
  • Sensors
  • Solar Concentrators

Laser Systems

  • Fiber Coupling
  • Wavefront Correctors
  • Polarization convertors
  • Laser line generator

Automobile

Biomedical

  • Human Tissue / Skin scatter
  • Endoscopes
  • Human Eye Models



FRED Userbase

FRED is used in companies, universities and research laboratories worldwide.
Below is a list of some of these who have published papers related to FRED.

Nasa
Naval Research Laboratory
Sandia National Laboratory
Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority, Finland
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
NIST
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Rochester Institute of Technology
Caltech
University of Arizona
Friedrich Alexander University, Germany
Stanford University
University of St Andrews, Scotland
University of Colorado
McMaster University, Canada
Ecole Politechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland
Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Stony Brooke University
Michigan State University
Fraunhofer Institute of Technologies, Germany
Harvard Medical School
John Hopkins Medical Institution
Leibniz University, Germany
Nikon Metrology Inc. and Nikon Research Corporation of America
Hewlett-Packard Laboratories
Jenoptik Optical Systems
SUSS Microoptics, Switzerland
Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.
Numerica Corporation
Raytheon EO Innovations
BC Cancer Agency, Canada
SCD Semiconductor Devices Ltd, Israel

About Photon Engineering

Founded in 1997 Photon Engineering is an optical engineering software and consulting firm, and are the creators of industry-leading raytracing software FRED.

CBS Japan is the exclusive distributor of FRED in Japan.