News:

  • Please, come to visit us at Optatec (Frankfurt-am-Main, 17-20 June 2008, http://www.optatec-messe.com). We will represent OptiLayer Thin Film Software at the booth number A37. We will be happy to see our old friends as well as any new researcher interested in high-performance and high-end computations in the field of thin film and multilayer analysis, design, characterization, reverse engineering and on-line reoptimization.

  • At Optatec you will also have an opportunity to hear the presentation giving by Prof. Alexander Tikhonravov: Modern approaches to raising production yields of thin film optical coatings (11 a.m., June 17, 2008).

  • We will also represent OptiLayer Thin Film Software at SPIE Optical Systems Design 2008 (2 - 5 September 2008, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, http://spie.org/optical-systems-design.xml). There is another good opportunity to visit us (Tabletop position #106) and to discuss problems related to advanced thin film optics computations.

  • New Version 6.67j released in December 2007 (Registered users only). New features of this release are described here (in the What's New in OptiLayer section). This version includes updated and improved help system. If you are a registered user and wish to download the latest OptiLayer version follow this link:

    Download version 6.67j of OptiLayer Full package

  • OptiLayer Professional and OptiLayer Lite versions introduced, differences between versions are presented in the feature matrix.
  • DEMO version is available for evaluation:

    Register on-line and download the DEMO

  • What's new in OptiLayer?

  • New product OptiReOpt for the on-line characterization and reoptimization available
    Follow this link to know more about OptiReOpt:

    Welcome to OptiReOpt

  • Full OptiLayer version 6.11h (May 2007, hot-fix dated October 2007) available for download (Registered users only)
    If you are a registered user and wish to upgrade to the version 6.11h of OptiLayer, you should follow this link:

    Download OptiLayer Full package (version 6.11h)

  • Chapters from the book "Basics of Optics of Multilayer Systems"
    by Sh. Furman and A. Tikhonravov


The distinguishing feature of the OptiLayer thin film software family is that it has been designed and perfected by a group of scientists and engineers who have direct practical experience in all aspects of the optical coatings design, characterization and manufacturing. This group includes professional mathematicians and software engineers of the highest level. OptiLayer software is based on the original ideas of its developers. In particular, the most powerful modern design technique, the needle optimization technique, was invented and developed by the designers of OptiLayer. Thus, OptiLayer software family incorporates a unique know-how that is inaccessible to other thin film programs.

OptiLayer software supports all sides of the design-manufacturing-characterization process. Due to unique mathematical algorithms, OptiLayer is the fastest optical design software. But an even more important fact is that a carefully elaborated interface and a number of automatic modes enable the solution of the most complicated design problems even by a user without special experience in optical coatings design. Special design modes meet the requirements of the most sophisticated designer and enable an effective application of all his experience to the fastest solution of various design problems. It is a true fact that up to now THERE HAS NOT BEEN ONE DESIGN PROBLEM THAT OPTLAYER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO SOLVE.

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