Basic
Resolve the component decisions that shape the system.
- Single-element design and analysis
- Component selection and design reviews
- Optical drawing creation and review
Optical design & engineering · Based in India
We engineer light.
Optical systems for the next generation of hardware. We design, simulate and tolerance imaging, illumination and photonic systems — from the first requirement to a package your manufacturer can build.
Sequential, non-sequential & FDTD simulation
Vendor-ready, manufacturable deliverables
NDA-first · clear project IP terms
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Customers & supporters
Space & Earth ObservationDrones & Airborne ImagingSurveillanceMedical DevicesMachine VisionSilicon PhotonicsDefence Electro-OpticsMetrologyAR / VRSpectral Sensing
The bench
Complex optics. Clear engineering decisions.
Space and airborne payloads, surveillance, medical imaging, machine vision and integrated photonics. We connect optical performance to the constraints that decide whether a product can be built: size, tolerance, alignment and cost.
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Industries served, from space payloads to silicon photonics
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Published case studies with scope, methods and design results
01 / What we do
Optical engineering from component to system.
Design, simulation and tolerancing connected to materials, fabrication and alignment. Each engagement defines the evidence and handoff your next development stage needs.
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Custom Optical Design & Analysis
Imaging, relay, projection and laser systems designed from scratch — with full performance evidence: MTF, spot, distortion, throughput.
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Stray Light & Ghost Analysis
Non-sequential analysis of scatter, ghost paths and baffle performance, with design recommendations before hardware fabrication.
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Tolerancing & Manufacturability
Monte-Carlo budgets and compensator strategy — so the design survives real glass, real mounts, real benches.
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Illumination & Laser Systems
Reflex-free illumination, Gaussian beam delivery and fiber coupling — designed with real-world alignment sensitivity, not ideal-bench optimism.
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Integrated Photonics & Waveguides
Waveguides, couplers, splitters and resonators — eigenmode and full-wave FDTD design for silicon photonics.
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Design Audits & Feasibility
Root-cause audits of underperforming systems and fast feasibility studies — what physics allows, before you commit budget. Most engagements start here.
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02 / How we work
A process built to kill risk early — and ship optics that work.
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Diagnose
Requirements matrix, assumptions register and first-order feasibility. We tell you what physics allows — and what it will cost — before you spend serious budget.
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Architect
Candidate architectures traded on performance, volume, cost and manufacturability. You choose from quantified options, not opinions.
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Design & tolerance
Full optimization with stray light, thermal and Monte-Carlo tolerance analysis. The as-built performance is predicted, not hoped for.
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Vendor-ready package
ISO 10110 drawings, alignment plan and RFQ package. Clear specifications give fabricators the basis for an informed quote.
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Prototype & production
Vendor evaluation, first-article review, test correlation and design-for-cost iterations through to stable production.
How we engage
Optical Engineering as a Service (OEaaS)
A continuing optical engineering capability for your team. From individual components to complete systems and production, we maintain the design context, coordinate with vendors and work alongside your product team.
Expert
Develop the optical system and connect the design to its vendors.
- Multi-element optical system design
- System modelling and analysis
- Vendor identification, evaluation and engagement
- Design-for-manufacture reviews with vendors
Advance
Turn production evidence into better engineering decisions.
- Production data review and root-cause analysis
- Design of experiments
- Calibration algorithms
- Mathematical modelling
Engagements are available over 3, 6 or 12 months. Scope, engineering capacity and review cadence are agreed around your program.
Long-term partnerships
Build the product.
Create the IP.
Work with us across product generations: joint development, new optical IP, design licensing and continued engineering support. We agree ownership, permitted use and licensing terms for each partnership, with existing IP identified at the outset.
Discuss a partnership →03 / Proof of work
Case studies, with numbers.
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Space & Astronomy
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Stray light analysis & baffle design for a high-contrast telescope
4 configs quantified · scatter paths ranked
Space Imaging
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Compact 500 mm RC telescope with full tolerance evidence
5000 mm EFL · MTF + compensator proof
Machine Vision
Curved protective window analysis for robotic vision
<0.1% distortion · µm-level boresight
10 engineering case studies
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04 / Industries
Deep domain experience where optics is on the critical path.
05 / Free engineering tools
Explore the physics. Make better design decisions. Free.
Built by our lens designers on real physics — exact ray tracing, FFT diffraction, eigenmode solving. For quick checks, teaching and early feasibility.
- Metalens & diffractive lens designer, AR waveguide k-space designer, microring resonator designer
- Space laser-comm & datacenter link budgets — full dB waterfalls with turbulence and PAM4 penalties
- Zemax file analyzer, sequential ray tracer, diffraction MTF, Zernike & PSF, Gaussian beams, waveguide modes
- All tools free with your work email
OPTICAL WORKBENCHExample calculation
Machine vision imaging
From a lens choice to a useful field of view.
Sensor 8.8 × 6.6 mmObject distance 300 mm
Field of view96.8 × 72.6 mm
Magnification0.0909×
06 / FAQ
Questions engineers and founders ask us.
What does an optical design consultancy actually deliver?
Working optical systems on paper you can build: requirements matrices, feasibility studies, lens/mirror designs with full performance evidence (MTF, spot size, distortion, throughput, stray light), Monte-Carlo tolerance budgets, ISO 10110 drawings, coating specifications and vendor RFQ packages — plus support through prototyping and production.
Which industries do you serve?
Space and earth observation, drones and airborne imaging, surveillance, defence and electro-optics, medical devices and life sciences, robotics and machine vision, AR/VR, and optics metrology. Recent programs include space telescope payloads, surgical fluorescence oculars, portable fundus cameras, head-mounted displays and precision alignment instruments — see our case studies.
What software and methods do you use?
We use several commercial and open-source optical engineering tools, and build our own tools for analysis, simulation and automation. We select the methods to suit the problem and agree model formats, deliverables and handover requirements in the project scope.
How does a project start, and how fast?
Most engagements begin with a fixed-scope Optics Risk Diagnostic (1–3 weeks) that converts your problem into a requirements matrix, feasibility verdict, risk register and a costed next-phase plan. Start here.
Where do you work — can you support our region?
We deliver globally: remote-first collaboration, weekly design reviews, NDA-first engagement and clear IP ownership and licensing terms. Time zones are handled with overlapping working hours agreed at kickoff. Reach us here.
Can you rescue an existing design that underperforms?
Frequently. Our design audit isolates the physics behind the underperformance — aberrations, ghosts, stray light, tolerance stack-up or assembly — and defines a corrected design path. See the UV relay audit case study for an example.
Have optics on your critical path?
Tell us what you're building. We’ll review the optical requirements, identify the main risks and propose a practical next step.