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Freeform optical elements give optical designers new and exciting degrees of freedom when it comes to designing optics for illumination applications. These same freeform elements can also add a new layer of complexity to the design process due to added degrees of freedom. This dramatically increases the number of possible…
TIR stands for Total Internal Reflection. TIR is the guiding principle of fiber optics, light guides, and light pipes. Total internal reflection means that light rays that meet certain conditions are reflected inside of a light guide with no loss in flux or power. This is great when transmitting light from one point to…
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The Community Team would like to introduce the May Champion of the Month, Simone Reitano @Simone_Reitano. Simone is an Aerospace Engineer, graduated from Politecnico di Torino in 2019. After an initial experience as a Fellow Researcher, he joined BEOND, an innovative SME providing advanced engineering services, including…
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Hello Community Members! Welcome to our May Community Roundup! As we wrapped up a beautiful May and moved in to June, I am excited to share highlights from our buzzing Altair Community. Before we dive in to May's achievement, don't forget to participate in our exciting June Community Raffle - Complete your Profile, Get…
We are pleased to share that Altair have been recognized as Leaders for the 2nd year in a row in the Gartner(r) Magic Quadrant(tm) for Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms! In the words of Altair CTO Sam Mahalingham: 'We think being recognized as a Leader for the second consecutive year further validates Altair’s…