OpticsDock tools & calculators
Bring the optical bench into your browser with lens, laser, and photonics tools.
- Scientific Data Sources & Presets
Verifiable source citations and mathematical parameters for refractive indices and material models used in OpticsDock.
- Methodology & Conventions
Understanding the mathematical formulas, conventions, and sign limits used in OpticsDock calculations.
- Fresnel Interface Lab
Calculate electromagnetic wave reflection, transmission, and complex refraction at a single planar interface.
- Gaussian Beam & ABCD Bench
Build a customizable optical bench of lenses, mirrors, and apertures. Trace Gaussian beam parameters and view envelopes.
- Grating Equation Solver
Solve diffraction grating geometry, allowed propagating orders, Littrow conditions, and angular/linear dispersion parameters.
- Laser Mode Matcher & Overlap Lab
Compute spatial coupling efficiencies, insertion losses, and alignment tolerances between laser modes.
- Spectral & Photon Converter
Convert wavelength, frequency, wavenumber, photon energy (eV/Joules) and momentum. Includes Wien Displacement peak thermal equivalent temperature and bandwidth conversion.
- Pulse & Dispersion Lab
Model group delay dispersion (GDD), group velocity dispersion (GVD), and ultrashort laser pulse temporal broadening.
- Etendue & Radiometry Calculator
Estimate optical power collections, solid angles, etendue conservation, and detector Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR).
- Imaging Sensor & Sampling Calculator
Analyze resolution, diffraction cutoff frequencies, Nyquist limits, and MTF curves for camera systems and microscopy configurations.
- Thin Lens Studio
Interactive thin lens equation solver. Compute focal lengths, object/image positions, magnifications, and view a live paraxial ray diagram.
Read each tool’s methods and limitations. For educational and informational use; independently verify important results.