In an industry where cost effectiveness and productivity are imperative for success, the award winning OptiSystem can minimize time requirements and decrease cost related to the design of optical systems, links, and components. OptiSystem is an innovative, rapidly evolving, and powerful software design tool that enables users to plan, test, and simulate almost every type of optical link in the transmission layer of a broad spectrum of optical networks from LAN, SAN, MAN to ultra-long-haul. It offers transmission layer optical communication system design and planning from component to system level, and visually presents analysis and scenarios. Its integration with other Optiwave products and design tools of industry leading electronic design automation software all contribute to OptiSystem speeding your product to market and reducing the payback period. • Assesses parameter sensitivities aiding design tolerance specifications • Visually presents design options and scenarios to prospective customers • Delivers straightforward access to extensive sets of system characterization data • Provides automatic parameter sweep and optimization • Integrates with the family of Optiwave products AppLICATIONS Created to address the needs of research scientists, optical telecom engineers, system integrators, students and a wide variety of other users, OptiSystem satisfies the demand of the evolving photonics market for a powerful yet easy to use optical system design tool. OptiSystem OptiSystem enables users to plan, test, and simulate: • WDM/TDM or CATV network design • SONET/SDH ring design • Transmitter, channel, amplifier, and receiver design • Dispersion map design • Estimation of BER and system penalties with different receiver models • Amplified System BER and link budget calculations “ As optical systems become more and more complex, scientists and engineers must increasingly adopt advanced software simulation techniques for vital assistance with design issues. OptiSystem’s power & flexibility facilitates efficient & effective photonic designs.” Dr. Govind p. Agrawal, Professor, Institute of Optics, University of Rochester and author of Fiber-Optics Communications Systems Optical Communication System and Amplifier Design Software