News & Events

PlanOpSim's MetaStack is selected as a finalist in the highly competitive “Cameras and Imaging Systems” category.
Join us 16-17 March 2027 in Tucson, AZ where Lieven will present during the session "Design under Constraint"
Join us at booth 2122 and be sure to join our paper presentation on 1 February 2027.
Presentation on MetaOptics Design: From Single Surfaces to Co-Optimized Systems
PlanOpSim announces MetaStack, the first product capable of reliably modelling the interactions between multiple metaoptical surfaces in cascade
PlanOpSim expands its PDK program with a new built-in LWIR (10.6 µm) PDK, developed in partnership with Phaseshift.
Erwin de Baetselier joins the board of Directors at PlanOpSim
PlanOpSim has joined Synopsys’ technology partner program.
PlanOpSim has released it first newsletter including all recent news, publications and design examples.
Watch our 30 minute product demonstration video explaining the metaatoms and metacomponents modules of our software.
Lieven Penninch presented the first glance at our new product at the META conference in Dublin.
Watch the presentation given at the EPIC Online Technology Meeting on Photonics for Optical Design and Simulation & Digital Twins.
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News

MetaStack™ SPIE 2027 Prism Awards Finalist

10/11/2026
PlanOpSim’s MetaStack is selected as a finalist in the highly competitive “Cameras and Imaging Systems” category.
OPTICA-summit

Events

Optica Industry Summit on Advanced Optics 2027

04/11/2026
Join us 16-17 March 2027 in Tucson, AZ where Lieven will present during the session “Design under Constraint”
PhotonicsWest27

Events

SPIE Photonics West 2027

13/10/2026
Join us at booth 2122 and be sure to join our paper presentation on 1 February 2027.
PhotonicsSpectra-webinar

Events

Photonics Spectra Optical Design Summit

24/09/2026
Presentation on MetaOptics Design: From Single Surfaces to Co-Optimized Systems
MetaStack

Press releases

Industry First Capability with MetaStack

01/09/2026
PlanOpSim announces MetaStack, the first product capable of reliably modelling the interactions between multiple metaoptical surfaces in cascade
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Press releases

New Long-Wave InfraRed (LWIR) PDK

20/07/2026
PlanOpSim expands its PDK program with a new built-in LWIR (10.6 µm) PDK, developed in partnership with Phaseshift.
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News

Erwin De Baetselier joins Board of Directors

03/07/2026
Erwin de Baetselier joins the board of Directors at PlanOpSim
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Press releases

PlanOpSim Joins Synopsys’ Technology Partner Program

30/06/2026
PlanOpSim has joined Synopsys’ technology partner program.
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News

PlanOpSim releases its first newsletter

23/06/2026
PlanOpSim has released it first newsletter including all recent news, publications and design examples.
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News

PlanOpSim releases a product demonstration video for its Metaoptics Design Software

11/05/2026
Watch our 30 minute product demonstration video explaining the metaatoms and metacomponents modules of our software.
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Events

META 2026 – 16th International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics

05/05/2026
Lieven Penninch presented the first glance at our new product at the META conference in Dublin.
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Events

PlanOpSim joins EPIC Meeting on Photonics for Optical Design

05/05/2026
Watch the presentation given at the EPIC Online Technology Meeting on Photonics for Optical Design and Simulation & Digital Twins.