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Version 1.18.35
Sunday, March 15, 2026 in News
ZERNIKE DOE Mode The primary focus of this release is to add support for general phase profile based diffractive surface property. For this, a DOE mode called "ZERNIKE" has been added. It allows defining the phase profile of a diffractive …
Version 1.17.35
Monday, February 23, 2026 in News
Updates POL_PLANE parameter to define the polarization coordinate system can now be set. Transformation of the electric field vector after diffraction was not correct in certain cases, it has been fixed. When launching COPHASAL from the terminal, the …
Version 1.14.32
Thursday, January 01, 2026 in News
At XLOPTIX, we wish you a very happy and prosperous new year! Special thanks to COPHASAL users for your continued support and feedback. I am pleased to announce the release of COPHASAL version 1.14.32. This release has one addition and several …
Version 1.13.29
Wednesday, December 03, 2025 in News
The highlight of this release is matrix operations including Solver algorithms that support gradients, however, I will describe these in the next blog post. This post focuses on the new Basic_Cons.lua example script that demonstrates how to set up …
Version 1.9.23
Saturday, November 01, 2025 in News
This release includes many updates. Various issues introduced with GRIN and discovered during testing have been resolved. One important fix addresses a race condition exposed by the ins_zoom() function. The release also adds significant enhancements …
Version 1.8.15
Wednesday, October 15, 2025 in News
The main focus of this release is the addition of gradient-index support. There are two additional notable updates: an overhaul of system-wide zoom functions, and a replacement of add_myglass() with ins_myglass() so that user-defined glasses behave …
Version 1.7.9
Monday, July 28, 2025 in News
For a complete list of additions and updates in this version, please see the release notes in the user manual. Here, we highlight a few important items: Afocal Mode Here’s a language-checked and slightly refined version of your text, focusing …
Introducing COPHASAL v1.0.0
Friday, June 13, 2025 in News
We are happy to announce the general release of COPHASAL. We would like to express our gratitude to the early adopters of the software for their time and valuable suggestions. This version incorporates many of your suggestions and our Engineering …