Best Optical Design Software for MATLAB

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Compare the Top Optical Design Software that integrates with MATLAB as of October 2025

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This a list of Optical Design software that integrates with MATLAB. Use the filters on the left to add additional filters for products that have integrations with MATLAB. View the products that work with MATLAB in the table below.

What is Optical Design Software for MATLAB?

Optical design software is a specialized tool used to design, analyze, and optimize optical systems, such as lenses, mirrors, and imaging devices. It provides advanced simulation capabilities for modeling how light interacts with various materials and components, allowing engineers to predict system performance accurately. The software is essential in industries like telecommunications, medical imaging, photography, and aerospace, where precision optics are critical. Users can create detailed ray tracing, wavefront analysis, and tolerancing studies to ensure designs meet specific functional requirements. By streamlining complex calculations and visualizing optical phenomena, the software accelerates development cycles and enhances innovation in optical engineering. Compare and read user reviews of the best Optical Design software for MATLAB currently available using the table below. This list is updated regularly.

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    COMSOL Multiphysics
    Simulate real-world designs, devices, and processes with multiphysics software from COMSOL. General-purpose simulation software based on advanced numerical methods. Fully coupled multiphysics and single-physics modeling capabilities. Complete modeling workflow, from geometry to postprocessing. User-friendly tools for building and deploying simulation apps. The COMSOL Multiphysics® software brings a user interface and experience that is always the same, regardless of engineering application and physics phenomena. Add-on modules provide specialized functionality for electromagnetics, structural mechanics, acoustics, fluid flow, heat transfer, and chemical engineering. Choose from a list of LiveLink™ products to interface directly with CAD and other third-party software. Deploy simulation applications with COMSOL Compiler™ and COMSOL Server™. Create physics-based models and simulation applications with this software platform.
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    OptSim

    OptSim

    Synopsys

    Synopsys OptSim is an award-winning photonic integrated circuit (PIC) and fiber-optic system simulator that enables engineers to design and optimize photonic circuits and systems. It offers state-of-the-art time- and frequency-domain split-step algorithms, providing a native photonic-domain environment for accurate simulations. OptSim can function as a standalone solution with its own graphical user interface or integrate into the OptoCompiler Photonic IC design platform. When integrated with OptoCompiler, OptSim supports electro-optic co-simulation with Synopsys PrimeSim HSPICE and PrimeSim SPICE electrical circuit simulators, and seamlessly integrates with the PrimeWave Design Environment for advanced simulation, analyses, and visualization, including parametric scans, Monte Carlo, and corner analyses. The software includes extensive libraries of photonic and electronic components and analysis tools, and supports numerous foundry process design kits (PDKs).
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