Application of GPUs in optical design software

Brian Mischuck; Erik Page; Alessandra Croce

doi:10.1117/12.2526861

30 August 2019 Application of GPUs in optical design software

Brian Mischuck, Erik Page, Alessandra Croce

Proceedings Volume 11104, Current Developments in Lens Design and Optical Engineering XX; 1110404 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2526861
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2019, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

We present an overview of the pros and cons of using GPUs in optical design software. While GPUs can run multiple calculations in parallel, that parallelization comes with a price. We will discuss the trade-offs that allow GPUs to run up to thousands of cores in parallel and how those trade-offs effect the use of GPUs in optical design software. In particular, we review the use of GPUs in several steps of design calculations, including ray-tracing and computationally expensive steps such as calculating Huygens integrals.

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Brian Mischuck, Erik Page, and Alessandra Croce "Application of GPUs in optical design software", Proc. SPIE 11104, Current Developments in Lens Design and Optical Engineering XX, 1110404 (30 August 2019); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2526861

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