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I need to design an optical experiment with laser beam using beam splitter, mirror, quarter waveplate, polarizer and birefringent wedge. I am looking for some optical software that has all or most of these elements. I checked some software packages but most of them only have mirrors and lenses. I want to do the real experiment after designing the arrangement in the software.

Any help is appreciated.

Deb
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    It might be useful to list the packages you've found so users might exclude those from their searches. – Kyle Kanos Jan 04 '23 at 20:52
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    I just looked for python tools and see a wide variety, but have no clue on how good any of them are... – Jon Custer Jan 04 '23 at 20:54
  • Kind of like the optical calculus simulations I do: https://physics.stackexchange.com/a/666241/313612. My free software consists of add-ons to a commercial simulation program. – Ed V Jan 04 '23 at 20:59
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    I’m voting to close this post (v4) because res. recom. qs on Phys.SE usually do not distinguish between free and non-free. – Qmechanic Jan 04 '23 at 21:00
  • You might find something with GNU Octave and packages. – StephenG - Help Ukraine Jan 04 '23 at 22:27
  • How could I improve the question? I removed "free" if that helps. – Deb Jan 05 '23 at 05:46
  • @Qmechanic: it's moot now, because the criterion has been removed; but why would asking for "free" resources make a difference? To my eye it's just another criterion, like asking for a book published within the last 10 years. It might limit the number of acceptable candidates but it doesn't make the question unanswerable. – Michael Seifert Jan 05 '23 at 16:53
  • Hi @Michael Seifert. Res. recom qs are restricted on Phys.SE, cf. various meta discussion. – Qmechanic Jan 05 '23 at 17:15

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