ASAP: The Ultimate Standard for Stray Light & Ghosting Analysis

In high-performance optical systems, unwanted light can be the difference between a breakthrough and a critical failure. ASAP (Advanced Systems Analysis Program) is world-renowned for its unmatched ability to simulate, trace, and mitigate complex stray light issues, ghost images, and optical flare.

Why ASAP Excels in Stray Light Analysis

Stray light analysis is notoriously difficult. It requires tracking light as it bounces, scatters, and diffracts across every single surface of your optomechanical design—not just the lenses. ASAP’s core engine is built specifically for this non-sequential reality, offering the rigorous physics-based environment needed to ensure mission-critical payloads perform flawlessly.

• Accurate Ghost Image Prediction

  Internal reflections between optical surfaces create devastating ghost images on your sensor. As demonstrated in our analysis (see main image), ASAP can precisely predict the exact shape, intensity, and focal behavior of these artifacts, perfectly matching real-world sensor captures.

  
  

• Advanced Scatter Modeling (BSDF)

  Stray light often originates from mechanical housings, baffles, and lens edges. ASAP allows engineers to assign highly accurate Bidirectional Scatter Distribution Functions (BSDF) to any CAD surface, ensuring a true-to-life simulation of scattered energy that other tools simply ignore.

  
  

• Massive Optomechanical Assemblies

  Import complex native CAD geometries without losing fidelity. ASAP's highly optimized ray-tracing algorithm can efficiently trace millions of rays through intricate mechanical housings to uncover those hidden, unexpected stray light paths.

  
  

• Real-World Source Integration

  Import actual measured source data or environmental imagery to create a perfect "Digital Twin" of your operating environment, allowing you to see exactly how external flare will impact your system before cutting any metal.

Targeted Capabilities

While its core strength lies in stray light, ASAP can be extended with specialized add-on modules to fit your specific industry needs, including the CATIA Interface for direct CAD integration, the BIO Toolkit for tissue scattering models, and the ELTM for automotive lighting compliance.

Validate Your Design with MentorOptix

Software is only half the equation; expertise is the other. As an Official BRO Partner, MentorOptix utilizes ASAP every day to conduct independent, third-party stray light audits.

Whether you need an expert to validate your current optomechanical design or are looking to integrate an ASAP license into your team's workflow, we ensure your payloads reach the market with zero optical defects.