Optics & Detection

We speed up OPTICAL & OPTRONIC SYSTEM innovation

  1. The development of innovative solutions within an ecosystem
  2. Custom development and qualification of innovative systems
  3. Commitment on certified optical, optronic, optoelectronic and optomechnical products and systems
  4. Creation of Proofs of Concept, prototypes, testing equipment and certified products
  5. Going into production
  6. Guarantee of technological independence

Our range of technological products and services apply to:

  1. Advice, auditing, training & technological intelligence
  2. Specialist work package,
  3. System work package,
  4. Combined modelling operations
  5. Building systems

Activities and skills

  1. Expert optical & optoelectronic support
  2. Optical design
  3. Modelling
  4. Image processing
  5. Integration, alignment & testing
  6. Building of testing equipment, POCs, demonstrators and certified optical & optronics products

Expert optical & optoelectronic support

  1. Consulting
  2. Technical auditing
  3. Technological intelligence training
  4. Critical and comparative analysis

Optical design

  1. Identification of requirements
  2. Design
  3. Optimisation Tolerancing
  4. Sensitivity studies
  5. Statistical post-processing
  6. Taking on board deformation, thermal, ageing, etc. factors
  7. Performance review (WFE, FTM, etc.)
  8. Dimensioning of opto-mechanical architectures

Constraints

  1. Opening
  2. Footprint
  3. Cost
  4. Weight
  5. Varifocal
  6. Achromatism
  7. Materials
  8. Polarisation
  9. Stray light
  10. Image rendering
  11. Image quality
  12. Visual comfort
  13. Physiological criteria

Modelling

Stray light

  1. Modelling of stray and scattered light
  2. Dimensioning of baffles and chicanes
  3. Definition of BRDF
  4. Definition of specular properties
  5. Definition of covering

Lighting

  1. Designing of LED projectors
  2. Rendering simulation
  3. Radiometry
  4. Showcasing areas

Instruments

  1. Modelling combined with complete opto-mechanical instruments
  2. Dimensioning of optical systems
  3. Performance analysis
  4. Test prediction
  5. Radiometry
  6. Control loops

Constraints

  1. Light intensity
  2. Light uniformity
  3. Direct light emission
  4. Colour rendering
  5. Lighting
  6. Radiometric efficiency
  7. Energy response
  8. Polarisation
  9. Thermal, mechanical, ageing and irradiation effects
  10. Thermal IR stray light
  11. Visual comfort
  12. Dazzle criteria & physiological criteria

Spectral bands

  1. Ultraviolet
  2. Visible
  3. Near infrared
  4. Thermal infrared

Building of testing equipment, POCs, demonstrators and certified optical & optronics products

Systems

  1. Environment simulators
  2. Technology demonstrators
  3. POCs and performance qualification prototypes
  4. Characterisation test benches for optical components and detectors (FTM, radiometric, spectral, etc. measurement)
  5. Portable or fixed control and measurement benches
  6. Colorimetric and HDR imaging measurement benches
  7. Instrument testing equipment
  8. Optical and optronics products

Constraints

  1. Ergonomics
  2. Cost
  3. Compactness and portability
  4. Robustness
  5. Achromatism
  6. Ability to adapt to obsolescence
  7. Ease of calibration
  8. ISO 5 to ISO 7 levels of cleanliness
  9. EC certification

Spectral bands

  1. Ultraviolet
  2. Visible
  3. Near infrared
  4. Thermal infrared

Calculation Power

In order to reduce calculation times and to increase the accuracy of the results, Sophia Engineering has invested in a 320-core server farm with a total of 3 Tb of RAM

A few Optical and Detection projects

“by drawing support from this French Fab and French Tech partnership, with companies like Sophia Engineering, we’re seeing phenomenal acceleration on our systems“

Erwan Coatanéa

Sodistra Chairman