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PhotonCore – the physics digital twin engine

Physics infrastructure for optical intelligence. PhotonCore is the GPU-native simulation engine powering all three 3DOptix products – from engineering validation to Physical AI data generation – at cloud scale.

Patent-backed · proprietary 3DOptix technology

Two-lens relay · computed tracesolved
10B+ rays
per simulation
CUDA / OptiX
native GPU compute
3 → 1
products on one engine
Architecture

Cloud-based data generation engine

Native GPU compute on CUDA and NVIDIA OptiX. PhotonCore takes optical and mechanical inputs and produces three classes of engineering output – all from a single simulation run.

Input
Optical design
Mechanical design & CAD
Optical components library
Material & coating library
Scene generation
Physics & technology
3D vectorial ray tracing
Coherent / incoherent analysis
3D scene to image generation
Agentic AI & MCP integration
Dramatically faster than physically based ray tracers
3DOPTIX PHOTON
CORE
CUDA / OptiX
native GPU
Output

Massive image generation for AI training

Sensor-true image and video datasets at industrial scale for perception AI training pipelines.

Optics + mechanics quality analysis

Optical system validation inside mechanical assemblies – spot diagrams, MTF, stray light, alignment.

Environmental optics effect analysis

Propagation medium effects – atmosphere, fog, rain, scattering – on optical system performance.

Engine capabilities

What PhotonCore simulates

Built for real optical engineering – not simplified approximations. Nine simulation modes, one engine.

GPU-native OptiX acceleration

NVIDIA OptiX-powered ray tracing at cloud scale. Billions of rays per simulation, distributed across GPU clusters.

Coherent & incoherent analysis

Amplitude and phase tracked per ray – full interference and coherence calculations at real system scale.

Non-sequential ray tracing

Model stray light, scattering, multiple reflections, and complex illumination geometries without ordering constraints.

3D polarization & coatings

Full 3D polarization state tracking. Jones and Mueller matrix propagation through coatings and birefringent elements.

Scattering & stray light

BSDF-based scattering models for surfaces, volumes, and coatings – full stray light analysis for imaging and illumination.

Diffraction & wave propagation

Physical optics propagation for diffraction-limited systems, gratings, and wavefront analysis applications.

Sensor & detector physics

Spectral sensitivity and spatial response modeled explicitly. Quantum efficiency and noise models in active development.

Cloud-native scaling

From browser-side Fast Rays to enterprise multi-GPU cloud runs – the same physics, scaled to your system.

Physical AI data output

Generate sensor-realistic image data by running scene inputs through the complete optical and sensor physics chain.

Simulation stack

From interactive design to enterprise-scale simulation

Four deployment layers – from millisecond browser feedback to multi-GPU distributed cluster simulation.

LayerScaleDescription
Fast RaysInteractive scale

Browser-native ray tracing for real-time interactive design. Millisecond updates as you move elements – immediate feedback without a full simulation.

PhotonCore GPUCloud GPU scale

Cloud GPU simulation for deep analysis – coherent, polarization-aware, scattering, billions of rays. Spot, PSF, MTF, wavefront, irradiance, 3D scene to image.

On-PremiseCloud GPU scale, self-hosted

The PhotonCore GPU engine deployed on your own infrastructure – for enterprise, defense, and air-gapped environments requiring data sovereignty.

PhotonCore ClusterComing soonDistributed multi-GPU scale

Multi-GPU distributed simulation for Physical AI datasets at scale and large enterprise workflows.

PhotonCore is the optical physics engine your workflow has been missing

Talk to us about your simulation requirements – from single-system validation to large-scale Physical AI dataset generation.

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Available on January 30th, 2023