CODE V可以分析优化各种非对称非常规复杂光学系统。这类系统可带有三维偏心和／或倾斜的元件；各类特殊光学面如衍射光栅、全息或二元光学面、复杂非球面、以及用户自己定义的面型；梯度折射率材料和阵列透镜等等。程序的非顺序面光线追迹功能可以方便地处理屋脊棱镜、角反射镜、导光管、光纤、谐振腔等具有特殊光路的元件；而其多重结构的概念则包括了常规变焦镜头，带有可换元件、可逆元件的系统，扫描系统和多个物像共轭的系统。40多年来，世界各地的用户已成功地利用CODE V设计研制了大量照相镜头、显微物镜、光谱仪器、空间光学系统、激光扫描系统、全息平显系统、红外成像系统、紫外光刻系统等等，举不胜举。近几年内，CODE V软件又被广泛地应用于光电子和光通讯系统的设计和分析。

CODE V is used to model, analyze, optimize, and provide fabrication support for the development of optical systems for diverse applications. It provides a powerful and yet easy-to-use toolkit of optical techniques and calculations that enables you to create superior designs that will work right when built.

CODE V is used for the optimization, analysis, and tolerancing of image-forming optical systems and free-space photonic devices. CODE V combines superior engineering capabilities with the control and access of an intuitive user interface. Its many unique capabilities include the most powerful local and global optimization for optics, MTF-based tolerancing, environmental analysis, partial coherence analysis, gradient index and DOE/HOE support, polarization ray tracing, and lens cost appraisal. And it's easy to share CODE V's optimization and analytic capabilities with other scientific and engineering applications through its COM interface, enabling a seamless, end-to-end design solution. As the industry-standard design and analysis software for optical engineers worldwide, CODE V is unmatched in function, quality, accuracy, ease of use, and technical support.

What's New in CODE V 10.4:

CODE V 10.4 delivers enhancements to its Beam Synthesis Propagation (BSP) tool that enable optical designers to model and analyze diffraction effects in an optical system with increased flexibility, speed and accuracy. In addition, the Glass Expert tool is now fully integrated into CODE V. This makes glass selection easier and faster.

About Optical Research Associates, Now Part of Synopsys

Optical Research Associates (ORA) is now part of Synopsys, Inc., a world leader in electronic design automation (EDA), supplying the global electronics market with the software, intellectual property (IP) and services used in semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing.

In October 2010, Synopsys acquired ORA, representing Synopsys’ initial move into the optics industry and aligning with the company's strategy to expand its total addressable market into areas that are naturally adjacent to traditional EDA.

With the CODE V and LightTools software products, Synopsys will continue ORA’s long history as one of the world’s leading developers of optical design and analysis software. The Engineering Services group will continue as the largest independent supplier of optical systems design, with more than 4,800 completed projects in imaging, illumination, and optical systems engineering.