Foceon / Platform / Optics Digital Twin
Simulate before you cut glass
The optics digital twin carries the optical prescription, the material, the tool, and the process physics for each optic. Foceon runs the next move in the twin first, so machines only make moves the simulation already trusts.
A physics-grade model of each optic and its process
The twin is not a dashboard mock-up. It is a calibrated model that predicts how a specific optic responds to a specific process on a specific tool, from removal to reflectance to wedge.
Every measurement updates the twin, and every planned move is validated against it, so the fab reasons about the future of each surface instead of reacting to its past.
What simulation buys a fab
Fewer scrapped blanks
A move that would ruin a high-value optic is caught in simulation, not on the machine.
Fewer iterations
Planning against a predicted surface converges faster than trial and error.
Portable recipes
Physics-based recipes move between tools because the twin generalizes.
Explainable moves
Every action is traceable to a twin prediction, not a black box.
One twin, every physical outcome
The twin models the outcomes the fab actually sells: figure, spectrum, and alignment.
Predicts material removal
For grinding and polishing, the twin predicts removal per pass so dwell can be planned to close figure error.
- Removal per tool and slurry
- Dwell planning
- Figure convergence
Predicts spectrum and wedge
For coating and assembly, the twin predicts reflectance and cumulative wedge, so the endpoint and alignment are planned, not inspected.
- Stack reflectance
- Cumulative wedge
- Endpoint and alignment
From generic model to your fab
Seed with physics
The twin starts from first-principles process models.
Fit to your metrology
Predictions are tuned until they match your interferograms and profilometry.
Validate on moves
The twin's predictions are checked against real passes.
Improve continuously
Every measurement narrows the gap between twin and reality.
How close the twin runs
Fast enough to sit in the control loop
Accelerated simulation makes the twin quick enough to validate the next move in real time, so it advises action rather than explaining it afterward.
Twin terms
- Digital twin
- A calibrated model that predicts a physical system's behavior in step with reality.
- Removal model
- The twin's prediction of material removed per pass.
- Calibration
- Fitting the twin to your metrology until predictions match.
- Fidelity
- How closely the twin's predictions track measured outcomes.
Twin versus trial and error
| Capability | Trial and error | Foceon twin |
|---|---|---|
| Next move | Guessed | Simulated |
| Scrap risk | On machine | In simulation |
| Recipe transfer | No | Yes |
| Explainability | Low | Traceable |
The cheapest place to make a mistake on a high-value optic is inside a simulation.
Foceon digital twin
How the twin works in practice
How long to calibrate?
Initial calibration runs during the pilot and sharpens continuously after.
Does it need our recipes?
It learns from your process on-prem; nothing is exported.
Which physics does it cover?
Removal, coating growth, and assembly tolerance chains today, expanding over time.
Model your optics before you cut them
Book a pilot and see the twin calibrated to one of your parts.