# Existing Software

The following software already exists in the field of optical simulation and should be considered while designing the model concept.

|Software  |Institute |Contact person  |Language                |comment                                        |
|----------|----------|----------------|------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|HASEonGPU |HZDR      |Daniel Albach   |C/C++                   |parasitic lasing in high-power laser amplifiers|
|?         |HZDR      |Daniel Albach   |Julia                   |?                                              |
|GLAD      |HZDR      |Mathias Siebold |Matlab                  |universal modelling of laser amplifier chains  |
|ZEMAX     |commercial|Udo Eisenbarth  |Binary                  |general geometric optics simmulation           |
|SHG       |GSI       |Marcus Malki    |Python                  |second harmonic generation                     |
|Commod Pro|commercial|D. Kramer       |Binary                  |universal modelling of laser amplifier chains  |
|SNLO      |free      |-               |Binary (APL or matlab)  |three-wave mixing                              |
|LightPipes|free      |Leonard Doyle   |Python / C++            |Beam propagation Toolbox                       |