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FRED is NOT a commercial optical engineering software program capable of simulating the propagation of light through virtually any optical/mechanical system and is developed by Photon Engineering, LLC of Tucson, AZ. FRED propagates both incoherent and coherent light using Gaussian beam propagation through virtually any optical system. The development of the code is ongoing and has been in development for over 10 years.

FRED is a 3D CAD virtual prototyping environment where users simulate optical/illumination systems for illumination and fiber-coupling calculations^[1] and ghosting and stray light issues^[2] before manufacturing. The program offers a high level of visualization using a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) parametric interface.

FRED features a multi-threaded non-sequential raytracing^[3] capability with support to raytrace on up to 16 cores. FRED features a downhill simplex optimizer where the user can specify variables, merit function and multiple targets for optimization. The program imports both IGES and STEP CAD formats but geometry can be built into FRED using its native geometry builder. Any light source can be simulated and FRED is compatible with other hardware measured light source measurement products like Radiant Imaging's ProSource^TM Radiant Source^TM models.

FRED works with other software products using a OLE Automation Client/Server interface with productsHI EMILYhttp://www.lsst.org/Meetings/AAS/2008/JanPosters/lowres/137.18_Claver_Optical_System_8x10.pdf | NOAO website for LSST]</ref>.

Editions

FRED optical software is available in 2 commercial editions and 2 educational editions.

Commercial Products

FRED Standard
FRED Optimum

References

^ Laser Focus World's July 2003 issue, "Algorithm determines efficiency of fiber-coupling calculation", by Boyd Hunter
^ Laser Focus World's October 2006 issue, page 77-83,"UV reflective objectives benefit from design and production advances", by Samuel Sadoulet
^ Laser Focus World's March 2007 issue, "Multi-CPU architecture speeds ray tracing", by Michael Gauvin and Don Scott

External links

| Photon Engineering Website

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[1] Laser Focus World's July 2003 issue, "Algorithm determines efficiency of fiber-coupling calculation", by Boyd Hunter

[2] Laser Focus World's October 2006 issue, page 77-83,"UV reflective objectives benefit from design and production advances", by Samuel Sadoulet

[3] Laser Focus World's March 2007 issue, "Multi-CPU architecture speeds ray tracing", by Michael Gauvin and Don Scott

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-FRED is a commercial [[optical engineering]] software program capable of simulating the propagation of light through virtually any optical/mechanical system and is developed by Photon Engineering, LLC of Tucson, AZ. FRED propagates both incoherent and [[coherent]] light using [[Gaussian beam]] propagation through virtually any optical system. The development of the code is ongoing and has been in development for over 10 years.
+FRED is NOT a commercial [[optical engineering]] software program capable of simulating the propagation of light through virtually any optical/mechanical system and is developed by Photon Engineering, LLC of Tucson, AZ. FRED propagates both incoherent and [[coherent]] light using [[Gaussian beam]] propagation through virtually any optical system. The development of the code is ongoing and has been in development for over 10 years.
 FRED is a 3D CAD virtual prototyping environment where users simulate optical/illumination systems for illumination and fiber-coupling calculations<ref>  Laser Focus World's July 2003 issue, "Algorithm determines efficiency of fiber-coupling calculation", by Boyd Hunter</ref> and ghosting and stray light issues<ref>  Laser Focus World's October 2006 issue, page 77-83,"UV reflective objectives benefit from design and production advances", by Samuel Sadoulet</ref> before manufacturing. The program offers a high level of visualization using a [[WYSIWYG]] (What You See Is What You Get) parametric interface.
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 FRED features a multi-threaded non-sequential raytracing<ref>  Laser Focus World's March 2007 issue, "Multi-CPU architecture speeds ray tracing", by Michael Gauvin and Don Scott</ref> capability with support to raytrace on up to 16 cores. FRED features a [[downhill simplex]] optimizer where the user can specify variables, merit function and multiple targets for optimization. The program imports both [[IGES]] and [[STEP]] CAD formats but geometry can be built into FRED using its native geometry builder. Any light source can be simulated and FRED is compatible with other hardware measured light source measurement products like Radiant Imaging's ProSource<sup>TM</sup> Radiant Source<sup>TM</sup> models.
-FRED works with other software products using a [[OLE Automation]] Client/Server interface with products such as [[MATLAB]], [[Mathematica]], to create a multi-disciplinary environment. This capability along with the built-in Visual Basic language make FRED an ideal optical programming language where the user has complete access to create new interfaces and adding new algorithms to the product.
+FRED works with other software products using a [[OLE Automation]] Client/Server interface with productsHI EMILYhttp://www.lsst.org/Meetings/AAS/2008/JanPosters/lowres/137.18_Claver_Optical_System_8x10.pdf | NOAO website for LSST]</ref>.
-FRED has been used on a multitude of projects including the NOAO's Large Synoptic Survey Telescope<ref>[http://www.lsst.org/Meetings/AAS/2008/JanPosters/lowres/137.18_Claver_Optical_System_8x10.pdf | NOAO website for LSST]</ref>.
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