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Electromagnetic analysis of photonic devices, PIC and circuit simulation, optical system design, illumination and visibility evaluation, and metalens design. LightBridge supplies simulation software across each of these fields and supports you from selection through deployment and everyday use.
Product lines
Each covers a different engineering domain, and many projects combine more than one of them.
Design and analysis from photonic devices through to circuits and links
FDTD and MODE for optical device analysis, Multiphysics for electrical, thermal and semiconductor analysis, INTERCONNECT for circuit and link evaluation, and CML Compiler for compact model generation.
FDTD / MODE / Multiphysics / INTERCONNECT / CML Compiler
Silicon photonics, optical transceivers, LiDAR and optical sensing
Optical system design, optimization and tolerance analysis
From lens design through to stray light and tolerance studies, the whole workflow runs in a single environment. Design data can be shared directly with the manufacturing and evaluation stages.
Design and optimization / Tolerance analysis / Stray light analysis
Automotive cameras, AR/VR, laser optics
Optical simulation for illumination, visibility and sensors
Evaluates everything from the light source to human perception and sensor response using ray-based analysis. It is used for visibility studies of headlamps, HUDs, and display and sensing systems.
Light distribution analysis / Visibility evaluation / Sensor simulation
Automotive lighting, HUD, displays
Developed by LightBridgeScheduled for release in September 2026
A workflow platform for optical and photonics design
It connects the optical specification and phase information from Zemax OpticStudio with a phase-response library generated in Ansys Lumerical, and handles phase-to-geometry mapping, large-scale layout generation and GDS output in a single workflow.
Zemax integration / Lumerical integration / GDS output / Python
Metalens design
Browse by application
If you already know what you need to evaluate, we can point you to the product line that fits.
Evaluate eye opening and BER across the transmit and receive link.
Lumerical
Study FMCW link performance together with the scanning optics.
Lumerical / Zemax
Build up whole-PIC performance from the individual components.
Lumerical
Evaluate light guiding, imaging and perceived appearance together.
Zemax / Speos
Check light distribution and visibility against both standards and real-world conditions.
Speos / Zemax
Take phase design through to GDS output in one flow.
Photonica / Lumerical
Product line comparison
A summary of how they differ in scope and in approach to analysis. The four lines sit alongside one another as equals.
| Ansys Lumerical | Zemax OpticStudio | Ansys Speos | Photonica | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main scope | Photonic devices and circuits | Optical Systems | Illumination, visibility and sensors | Metalens design workflow |
| Approach to analysis | Electromagnetic, waveguide, electrical and thermal, and circuit simulation | Ray tracing and wave optics | Ray-based analysis of the light environment | Phase-to-geometry mapping and layout generation |
| Typical applications | PICs and optical links | Cameras and AR/VR | Automotive lighting and HUD | Metalens |
| Developer | Ansys | Ansys | Ansys | LightBridge |
| Japanese-language support | Sold and supported by LightBridge | Sold and supported by LightBridge | Sold and supported by LightBridge | Developed and supported by LightBridge |
The criteria for choosing between solvers and numerical methods such as FDTD, RCWA, FDE, EME, FEEM, CHARGE and HEAT are covered under Analysis Technologies.View analysis technologies
FOUNDRY / MPW
Foundry and MPW are a separate manufacturing-access service rather than one of the product lines. Once a design is settled, we can show you the route that turns design data into a real chip.
ANSYS STARTUP PROGRAM
A program for recently founded companies that makes Ansys products available on accessible terms. We can help from the point of checking eligibility onwards.
Tell us the device, system or characteristic you need to evaluate. We can advise from the selection stage onwards.