It also performs symbolic modeling of optical systems, diffraction, interference, wave-front, and Gaussian beam propagation calculations.
Some examples of Optica being used in simulations and illustrations include holography,[2] x-ray optics, spectrometers,[3] Cerenkov radiation,[4] microwave optics, nonlinear optics, scattering,[5] camera design,[6] extreme ultraviolet lithography simulations,[7][8] telescope optics,[9][10] laser design, ultrashort pulse lasers,[11] eye models,[12][13] solar concentrators[14] and Ring Imaging CHerenkov (RICH) particle detectors.
Wolfram Research first sold the original version as a Mathematica application.
[17] From 2005 to 2009, Optica Software was sold by iCyt Mission Technology Inc, Champaign, Illinois (renamed Sony Biotechnology Inc in 2010).
Since 2009, Optica Software has been a subsidiary of Barnhart Optical Research LLC.