Core
The Core contains all the normal design and analysis tools. It considers
individual coatings, of as many layers as required, and any number of such
coatings on any number of surfaces in an assembly, provided that the surfaces
are reasonably parallel. Calculations in the Core include all reflectance,
transmittance, phase shifts where meaningful, dispersive parameters such as
Group Delay Dispersion, the ellipsometric parameters, together with derivatives
in terms of wavelength, up to the third order, where relevant. All of these can
be derived in terms of wavelength, frequency, angle of incidence, polarization
and thickness of a chosen layer. Calculable color parameters include all the
common color spaces. Five refinement tools and two synthesis tools are included.
Runsheet Enhancement
Runsheet is a facility for planning coating production consisting of a machine
configuration editor and a run sheet generator. A machine configuration stores
details of a coating machine, its sources and their tooling factors, and its
monitoring systems. With the run sheet generator, the user can plan the
monitoring of a coating design for a given machine configuration. Both optical
and crystal monitoring are included as well as advanced features such as dynamic
tooling factors, system bandwidth, wideband monitoring, gain and offset.
Monitorlink
Monitorlink provides extra software for configuring Runsheet so that its
exported output matches a deposition controller.
Simulator Enhancement
Simulator provides a Monte Carlo model of the deposition process. Using a
control plan created by Runsheet, Simulator introduces both random and
systematic effects such as noise on the signal, tooling factor variation,
packing density errors, temperature effects and so on, and shows the effect that
these parameters have on the final simulated production coatings. Not only does
this validate the control plan, but all kinds of other parameters associated
with the coating system can be translated into the parameters of the model and
their effect examined.
vStack Enhancement
vStack is a tool for optimizing a system of non-parallel coatings for a set of
overall requirements that may involve alternative routes through the system. A
color separation system that involves two beam splitters and three channels is a
typical candidate system. The only requirement is that the surface normals
should be coplanar. Polarization leakage, cumulative dispersive effects like
group delay dispersion, ellipsometric parameters are all calculable parameters.
Function Enhancement
Function extends the capabilities of the Essential Macleod. A simple macro
language (editor and syntax checker built-in) manipulates the results in tables
in almost any imaginable way. It goes well beyond a spread sheet because all
necessary interpolation of results with different independent variable intervals
is handled completely automatically. Macros can be saved and used over and over
again. Function also provides a BASIC scripting language that can access the
entities like designs as objects. Calls to scripts can be embedded in the
regular menus so that the use of scripts is virtually seamless. A wide range of
scripts is supplied with Function. They include three-dimensional systems,
performance statistics, extended tables, composite materials and many more.
DWDM Assistant Enhancement
DWDM Assistant automatically designs a set of multiple-cavity filters to meet
typical telecommunication specifications. Filter designs may be sorted according
to criteria such as total thickness and estimated deposition time.
