The following software already exists in the field of optical simulation and should be considered while designing the model concept.
| Software | Institute | Contact person | Language | comment |
|---|
| HASEonGPU | HZDR | Daniel Albach | C/C++ | parasitic lasing in high-power laser amplifiers |
| SHG | GSI | Marcus Malki | Python | second harmonic generation |
| SNLO | free | - | Binary (APL or matlab) | three-wave mixing |
| LightPipes | free | Leonard Doyle | Python / C++ | Beam propagation Toolbox |
| Sisyphos | FFI (Norway) | Gunnar Arisholm | Python / C | parametric amplifiers, spectral broadening, postcompression |
| GoLP | Goncalo Figuera | ? | spatio-temporal coupling |
| LULI | | ? | |
| Rochester | | ? | |
| Software | Institute | Contact person | Language | comment |
|---|
| GLAD | HZDR | Mathias Siebold | Matlab | universal modelling of laser amplifier chains |
| ZEMAX | commercial | Udo Eisenbarth | Binary | general geometric optics simulation |
| Commod Pro | commercial | D. Kramer | Binary | universal modelling of laser amplifier chains |
| Miro | LULI | - | | universal modelling of laser amplifier chains |