How to cite

If you use one of these solvers for a publication, please cite the appropriate reference (see Publications page) in the following way:

Example (laserbeamFoam v3):

Version 3.0 — LaserbeamFoam: Laser ray-tracing and thermally induced state transition simulation toolkit Tom Flint, Petar Ćosić, Gowthaman Parivendhan, Simon A. Rodriguez, Ivan Bunaziv, Patrick O’Toole, Philip Cardiff SoftwareX, Volume 32, December 2025 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.softx.2025.102419

The corresponding BibTeX entry:

@article{Flint2025, 
    author =     {Tom Flint, Petar Ćosić, Gowthaman Parivendhan, Simon A. Rodriguez, Ivan Bunaziv, Patrick O’Toole, Philip Cardiff},
    title =      {Version 3.0 — LaserbeamFoam: Laser ray-tracing and thermally induced state transition simulation toolkit},
    journal =    {SoftwareX},
    year =       {2025}, 
    publisher =  {Elsevier},
    volume =     {32}, 
    pages =      {102419},
    doi =        {10.1016/j.softx.2025.102419}, 
    url =        {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.softx.2025.102419}
}

In addition, depending on the functionality selected, there may be additional relevant references (the solver output will let you know!).