Paraxia-Plus-10 is available in two versions

The following table compares program features.  The engineer version is a subset of the Designer suite version.

Feature

Computer Platform PC Windows '95 or later  includes  ABCD, FRESNEL, VSOURCE, VRM features, strip & circular geometries

ABCD and FRESNEL Integrated into the same module (for ease of use)

Multiple open projects

# of points per FFT (RAM Dependant)

Tabular system listing, drag & drop layout, speed button toolbar, editing keyboard shortcuts,  Auto M2 calculation, resonator & beam train in same file, multiple scroll bars  Optimization, tolerance analysis, user defined elements, tabbed notebook GUI, laser, glass, & catalog element library, Spreadsheet editor, Multiple preference setups, Project details storage, Context Sensitive Help,  Beam diagram with elements drawn, rubberbanding zoom function, beam parameters at any point along plot, Interactive Parameter plots based on one or more selectable variables (including Stability Plot), Detailed tabulation of Waist, Wavefront Radius, Z", and Rayleigh Range at each element. Digital Laser Workbench.

Support for Xops (user code in the propagation module) and user supplied Gainsheets.  Import Wave, Mask Wave, and Script editor integrated. Rigorous Beam Propagation 

PARAXIA-Plus engineer

ABCD only



N/A

Yes

N/A


Yes












No

PARAXIA-Plus Designer suite

 Yes



Yes

Yes

up to 128K


Yes












Yes