OSCAR is a FFT code which is able to simulate Fabry Perot cavities with arbitrary mirror profiles. OSCAR (Optical Simulation Containing Ansys Results) is used to simulate the steady state electric fields in optical cavities with realistic mirrors. The main advantage of OSCAR over other similar packages is the simplicity of its code requiring only a short time to master. As a result, even for a beginner, it is relatively easy to modify OSCAR to suit other specific purposes. The Matlab code can be downloaded here.
Finesse: At GEO 600 we have created a fast and easy to use interferometer simulation. We want to design and debug laser interferometers with a simple but powerful tool. We want to be able to simulate many different user-defined optical setups and we would like to playfully teach and learn more about laser optics. Finesse has a long pedigree and has benefited from years of real-life employment by the optics groups of gravitational wave detectors. While some of the code is ten years old we are committed to adapting the code to new challenges posed by new types of interferometry in future projects, maintaining the code and the trust which has been built through years of testing against experimental results. A GUI interface for Finesse. A Python interface and tools for Finesse
Finesse: At GEO 600 we have created a fast and easy to use interferometer simulation. We want to design and debug laser interferometers with a simple but powerful tool. We want to be able to simulate many different user-defined optical setups and we would like to playfully teach and learn more about laser optics. Finesse has a long pedigree and has benefited from years of real-life employment by the optics groups of gravitational wave detectors. While some of the code is ten years old we are committed to adapting the code to new challenges posed by new types of interferometry in future projects, maintaining the code and the trust which has been built through years of testing against experimental results. A GUI interface for Finesse. A Python interface and tools for Finesse