Employing the industry-proven finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) algorithm, FDTD Solutions empowers device and components designers to confront challenging optical propagation design problems. Rapid prototyping and reduced reliance upon experimental validation leads to drastically reduced product development costs and time-to-market. FDTD Solutions addresses a wide variety of applications involving the scattering, diffraction, and propagation of optical radiation. FDTD Solutions is useful for many engineering fields of interest, including biophotonics, display technology, optical communications, optical sensing and imaging, optical storage, and semiconductor manufacturing. Benefits of FDTD Solutions include: * Reduced time-to-market owing to a highly-optimized simulation engine engineered for high-throughput design assessment on leading-edge computational systems * Decreased product development costs via highly-accurate algorithms that allow for virtual prototyping to replace costly physical prototype building and testing * Increased productivity via design tools engineered with ease-of-use in mind to facilitate fast learning and rapid deployment