For over 400 years, the advancement of optical design has been at the forefront of photonics. Despite centuries of scientific discovery, finding the best optical design solutions can be illusive and present a very complex optimization challenge.

Raytheon ELCAN pushes the boundaries of optical design and arrives at producible results by harnessing massive computational power. By linking computers together in parallel, Raytheon ELCAN Optical Technologies utilizes High Performance Technical Computing (HPTC), an ELCAN proprietary compute cluster, to unleash an enormous simulation capability to optimize your design, manufacturing and assembly processes unlike anything used in optical manufacturing before.

In Raytheon ELCAN'S unique version of cluster computing for optical design, its developers use MATLAB®, a programming language for high level technical computing, coupled with CODE V® optical design software. Together they can harness the power of more than 100 computers for optical design processes such as tolerancing and optimization. The end result is that simulations that would take months, even years on a single computer, can be performed in just hours or days. ELCAN HPTC Optical Design is focused on providing the targeted customer performance, at the optimum cost and manufacturing tolerances.