Ray Tracing Simulator: Simulating Gaussian Beam in Bow Tie Cavity

[kelly0303]

Hello! Is there any good free ray tracing simulator? I just want to simulate the behavior of a Gaussian beam in a simple bow tie cavity. Thank you!

 

[Twigg]

I don't believe there is any simulation platform that was made with cavities in mind. If you want a good free ray tracing simulator, try Winlens Basic from Qioptiq. I think you will need to hard-code the astigmatism from the tilted mirrors into the simulation, but if you know the focal length shift then the ray tracing should work just fine. Hope that helps!