Specializing in optomechanical finite element analysis
Sigmadyne specializes in optomechanical finite element analysis of precision optical systems subjected to static, dynamic, or thermal loads. It provides expert analysis services and software that integrate the disciplines of mechanical and optical engineering, predicting how mechanical disturbances affect optical performance.
Expert engineering analysis capabilities utilizing finite element analysis technology to predict and improve product performance.
Integrates mechanical and optical analysis disciplines to predict how mechanical disturbances, thermal or structural loading, and temperature or stress changes degrade optical performance.
Simulates adaptive control processes to predict how well deformable optics can be corrected for environmental disturbances, supporting structural design and actuator layout trade studies.
Predicts dynamic behaviors and evaluates optical performance metrics, such as surface RMS error, line-of-sight error, and optical modulation transfer function, under harmonic, random, or transient dynamic loading.
Applies optimum design techniques to develop and refine engineering designs with numerous variables and competing requirements.
Software products and training courses to enable staff and clients to apply advanced optomechanical analysis techniques.
Offers software that links mechanical finite element analysis results to optical performance predictions, enabling optomechanical analysis for product development.
Provides specialized training in applying advanced techniques of integrated optomechanical analysis based on decades of engineering experience.
Electronics · Telecommunications · Research Facilities · Software
Rochester, NY · Research Facilities · Client: University of Rochester Laboratory for Laser Energetics
Conducting forced response analysis on Final Alignment Sensor Packages to verify the dynamic stability of beam paths under ambient vibrations from nearby traffic and building HVAC equipment. This work supported the precise alignment of sixty laser beams focused on a target chamber.