PlanOpSim

📣 Join us at #PhotonicsWest2025 in San Francisco from January 28 to January 30 ! 📣 Stop by our booth (#5623) to chat with Lieven Penninck and Jonas Vandewalle from the PlanOpSim team. Please bring good vibes for the finals of the SPIE Prism Award :) Discover more about Meta Optics Design and Simulation, exciting Meta Optic Applications , as well as our recent advancements in our software ! Belgian Chocolates might be available as well Feel free to contact us to arrange a meeting. Please We look forward to seeing you!😀 #nanophotonics #designandsimulation #opticalmetasurfaces #innovation #PhotonicsWest2025

🚀 PlanOpSim New Software Feature Release 🚀 - UPDATE for Multiple Incident Light with Lieven Penninck Jonas Vandewalle ! Optimization for Optical Metasurfaces ! PlanOpSim recently launched Optimization. This highly requested tool is designed to streamline and elevate your design process, offering precision and efficiency like never before. With advanced optimization algorithms and faster simulations, you can now achieve superior performance in your meta surface designs for a wide range of applications in optics and photonics. Now, Automated parametrized meta cell design based on user specified multi-incident light targets is also possible ! Optimization will allow the for the following benefits : 🔧 Automated Design Optimization Effortlessly fine-tune your design parameters with our optimization algorithms, meeting your optical performance targets with ease. ⚡ Faster Convergence Optimize meta-atoms with precision, controlling wavelength, polarization, and other critical optical properties, speeding up your design process. 🎯 Customizable Parameters Tailor the optimization to your specific needs by adjusting algorithms and settings, ensuring a perfect fit for your unique project. ⏩ Accelerated Prototyping Reduce trial and error with quicker simulations and faster iterations, helping you bring your innovations to life faster! At PlanOpSim, our mission is to provide R&D tools that empower engineers to unlock the full potential of flat optics in a user-friendly way. This latest feature is a key step toward harnessing the remarkable capabilities of metamaterials to design cutting-edge optical devices. Link for demonstration video in software in the first comment

🎙️ All Things Photonics Podcast - Meta Optics with Lieven Penninck We are thrilled to announce that you can now learn more about PlanOpSim on a podcast episode dedicated to the journey of PlanOpSim ! 🎙️ 💡 Tune in to discover: What is the foundational story What makes PlanOpSim unique Real-world applications Success stories Views on future applications and trends https://lnkd.in/erNeZ_pY #metaoptics #founderstory #innovation #podcast

We are thrilled to share that PlanOpSim has been named a finalist for the 2025 SPIE Prism Award! 🌟 This prestigious recognition from SPIE, celebrating innovation in photonics, highlights the hard work, dedication, and vision of our incredible team as we advance optical and photonic simulation solutions. PlanOpSim’s platform is redefining what's possible in optical simulation, enabling industry leaders, researchers, and engineers to design and optimize complex optical components. Being nominated for the Prism Award is a testament to our commitment to pushing the boundaries of nanophotonic technology & optical meta surfaces. Take a look below into the full list of SPIE Prism Award finalists, such amazing talent, products and innovation. We are honored to be listed among them. A big thank you to our talented team, partners, customers and supporters for helping us reach this milestone. We’re excited to see where this journey takes us and to continue driving innovation in the (nano)photonics industry! Let’s keep pushing forward! 🌐💡 #SPIEPrismAwards #Photonics #Innovation #OpticalSimulation #software #PlanOpSim https://lnkd.in/d96vFSEg

🚀 PlanOpSim New Software Feature Release 🚀 We are thrilled to introduce a powerful new feature in PlanOpSim that will take your optical metasurface designs to the next level: ! Optimization for Optical Metasurfaces ! This highly requested tool is designed to streamline and elevate your design process, offering precision and efficiency like never before. With advanced optimization algorithms and faster simulations, you can now achieve superior performance in your metasurface designs for a wide range of applications in optics and photonics. Here’s how this game-changing feature can help you: 🔧 Automated Design Optimization Effortlessly fine-tune your design parameters with our optimization algorithms, meeting your optical performance targets with ease. ⚡ Faster Convergence Optimize meta-atoms with precision, controlling wavelength, polarization, and other critical optical properties, speeding up your design process. 🎯 Customizable Parameters Tailor the optimization to your specific needs by adjusting algorithms and settings, ensuring a perfect fit for your unique project. ⏩ Accelerated Prototyping Reduce trial and error with quicker simulations and faster iterations, helping you bring your innovations to life faster! At PlanOpSim, our mission is to provide R&D tools that empower engineers to unlock the full potential of flat optics in a user-friendly way. This latest feature is a key step toward harnessing the remarkable capabilities of metamaterials to design cutting-edge optical devices. 👉 Check out our video playlist for demos and design examples. #Metasurfaces #OpticalDesign #Photonics #Metamaterials #Innovation #PlanOpSim #Optics #Engineering

We are happy to announce that Lieven Penninck is invited to EPIC - EUROPEAN PHOTONICS INDUSTRY CONSORTIUM for Miniaturized Optics Starting already tomorrow ! Lieven will be addressing Meta Optics brings to the table from both the fabrication, design, simulation, et al side specifically regarding miniaturization. These are exciting times with unique technological opportunities to be grasped for many applications ( with potentially unique combinations of Micro and Nano) More on that in Lieven's ( and many other great speakers such as Dr. Daniela Karthaus Gauthier Briere Badre Kerzabi to name only a few ) presentation so register here https://lnkd.in/dVuGX3bR #innovation #microoptics #metaopics #fomo

Lieven Penninck had the privilege of attending the CIOE (China International Optoelectronic Exposition) conference in Shanghai, some key insights and learnings from him from the conference: 1️⃣ The Future is For the Young You can still clearly fill the dynamism, the excitement of Shenzhen area and the larger China ecosystem. The amount of young people I have met who are passionate about technology is impressive! 2️⃣ Bigger is Better " So you can simulate much larger now? " Ok that's nice, can you do even larger? 3️⃣ WeChat is The Way Business cards are a thing of the distant past ( even more so than USA or European conferences ) WeChat is the way or to quote Joda : " You Must Feel WeChat (TheForce) Around You. Here. Between You, Me, The Tree, The Rock, Everywhere, Yes. Even Between The Land And The Ship." - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) " One question from Lieven for all : how to do decent follow up for prospects and existing customer when back in Europe :) and all of your contacts are in WeChat? Excited to see how these trends shape the future of the industry! 🚀💡 #CIOE2024 #optics #innovation #photonics

We’re thrilled to welcome Aliya to the PlanOpSim team as our newest Software Developer! 🎉 With a passion for coding and a strong background in both backend and front end Aliya Tastemirova brings fresh expertise to help us continue building innovative solutions for our clients. She joined PlanOpSim because of a strong interest in research and science while still being able to create big impact in a fast environment. And will be responsible to translate all these scientific concepts, algorithms in scalable code. We’re looking forward to seeing the amazing work she will do and how she will help drive our tech team forward. Welcome aboard, Aliya ! We’re excited to have you as part of our journey. 💻👩💻 #Welcome #SoftwareDeveloper #NewTeamMember #TechInnovation #Hiring #BringingtheMetaOpticsRevolutionCloser

Lieven Penninck will be representing PlanOpSim CIOE (China International Optoelectronic Exposition) from 11 till 13/09 2024. Beam him up for breakfast, lunch, dinner or a booth visit. Booth number 1E69 Hall 1 ! He is available for 30 min consulting meta optics design specific for your application ( bring your subject, bring your technical challenge ). 8 slots available, claim them fast :) Furthermore, Lieven will deliver a presentation titled : Meta-surface design How to catch the next wave in optics ? " " The differences in size involved in meta-surface design necessitate a multi-scale modelling approach. ... In this seminar he will cover how to include the unique possibilities of meta-surfaces in the design through integration of these different modelling techniques. " The meeting will be held on the afternoon of September 12th, 15:25-15:45 ( link with the full venue in the first comment ) Made possible with Chris Beckerleg and Bavo Robben #optics #photonics #metaoptics

Lieven Penninck will be representing PlanOpSim at CIOE (China International Optoelectronic Exposition) from 11 till 13/09 2024. Beam him up for breakfast, lunch, dinner or a booth visit.  Booth number 1E69 Hall 1 ! He is available for 30 min consulting meta optics design specific for your application ( bring your subject, bring your technical challenge ). 8 slots available, claim them fast :) Furthermore, Lieven will deliver a presentation titled : Meta-surface design How to catch the next wave in optics ? " " The differences in size involved in meta-surface design necessitate a multi-scale modelling approach. ... In this seminar he will cover how to include the unique possibilities of meta-surfaces in the design through integration of these different modelling techniques. " The meeting will be held on the afternoon of September 12th, 15:25-15:45 ( link with the full venue in the first comment ) Made possible with Chris Beckerleg and Bavo Robben