QuickWave_Newsletter_1_2006QuickWave Newsletter 1/2006 We are pleased to welcome you to the first QuickWave Newsletter where we will inform about news, coming events and new revisions of QuickWave software. At the beginning of April, QWED introduced a new radically improved version 6.0 of QuickWave 3D and QuickWave V2D electromagnetic software. The new version replaces version 5.0 released last year. According to our earlier plans, QWED has concentrated on software development from the electromagnetic modelling side, and also on extending its functionality and adequacy for new emerging applications. For example, in response to the optical and semiconductor industry needs, we have implemented Gaussian pulse illumination with finite spot size and models of metamaterials. We have also extended NTF postprocessing to l……