FRED

FRED

Photon Engineering
LensHH-LT

LensHH-LT

Synapse Optics
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About

FRED is a comprehensive tool that simulates the propagation of light through optomechanical systems using ray tracing. It supports both coherent and incoherent light propagation and allows users to assign realistic surface properties to every component in a system. Key features include fast and accurate simulation of various light sources, such as lasers, arc lamps, LEDs, ideal emitters, bulbs, and user-defined ray sets. The software offers advanced geometry, scatter, optimization, scripting, and graphic tools, along with fine-grain control of ray trace properties during simulations. It provides comprehensive post-trace analysis features and reports, real-time visualization and editing of complex optical and mechanical systems, and is highly extensible via user-defined scripts. FRED provides core capabilities for propagating light through optomechanical systems.

About

LensHH-LT is sequential optical design software for refractive and reflective imaging systems, built for engineers who need real capability without an enterprise seat price. Analyses cover ray tracing, Seidel aberrations, ray and OPD fans, FFT and geometric MTF, PSF, wavefront maps, spot diagrams, field curvature, distortion, and relative illumination. Optimization runs local or global — multi-start and basin-hopping search, glass substitution across full catalogs, stock-lens matching, and saddle-point construction for topology discovery. It reads and writes Zemax, Code V, OSLO, Optalix, and Optiland, so existing designs come across intact. Alongside the GUI it exposes an API, a CLI, and an open MCP server — letting AI agents such as Claude drive design workflows: building systems, running optimizations, and reading analyses back. $385 perpetual license, not a subscription. Full-featured 45-day trial, no account required. Offline activation for air-gapped machines.

Platforms Supported

Windows
Mac
Linux
Cloud
On-Premises
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook

Platforms Supported

Windows
Mac
Linux
Cloud
On-Premises
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook

Audience

Biomedical researchers searching for a tool to develop advanced optical diagnostic instruments and systems

Audience

Optical Engineers and Scientists

Support

Phone Support
24/7 Live Support
Online

Support

Phone Support
24/7 Live Support
Online

API

Offers API

API

Offers API

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Free Version
Free Trial

Pricing

$385
Free Version
Free Trial

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Training

Documentation
Webinars
Live Online
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Training

Documentation
Webinars
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Company Information

Photon Engineering
Founded: 1998
United States
photonengr.com/fred

Company Information

Synapse Optics
Founded: 2026
United States
www.synapseoptics.com

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Integrations

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Integrations

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