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2022 ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Photonic Symposium Presentations Available

On October 19, 2022, ²ÝÁñÉçÇø hosted its annual Photonic Symposium covering new capabilities and trends emerging in the integrated photonics market. 

²ÝÁñÉçÇø Photonic Symposium presentations are available on demand until January 19, 2023. To register and access the recordings, visit our website.

for a summary of the Photonic Symposium presentations.

New Releases Available

On December 13, 2022, we released version 2022.06-1 of ²ÝÁñÉçÇø OptoCompiler, ²ÝÁñÉçÇø OptSim Elite and ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Photonic Device Compiler, as well as version 2022.09-1 of the RSoft Photonic Device Tools.

OptoCompiler version 2022.06-1 release highlights:

• Single segment flexConnectors now consistently give a warning when the subgrid offset of the connecting ports is misaligned
• Update Photonic Pin no longer breaks when a pin has multiple shapes
• Error related to Primewave job classes resolved
• Various stability fixes

OptSim Elite version 2022.06-1 release highlights:

• Support for equation-based optical S-matrix models
•  Support for equation-based and parametric-file-based voltage transfer equations in electro-absorption modulator (EAM) model
•  New blocks for separate photodetector responsivity, noise, and frequency response models
•  New 1x1 and 2x1 optical expression operator blocks
•  Support for mixed-domain EO-cosim-based PDK models
•  Multi-channel support in EO co-simulation
•  Support for current-out-of-range warnings for Laser Lookup model
•  Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements

RSoft Photonic Device Tools

The RSoft Photonic Device Tools 2022.09-1 release delivers enhanced integration with Sentaurus TCAD to increase the usability and performance advantage of the ²ÝÁñÉçÇø design flow for optoelectronic devices such as phase shifters, photodetectors, and CMOS image sensors. Enhancements include:

• Application-specific wizard to jumpstart new projects
• Support for the direct use of Workbench variables (@ expressions) in RSoft CAD project scripts
• Optical designs can be individually opened for each experiment to view the geometry and project settings, or to run optical simulations asynchronously from the Workbench flow
• New CMOS Image Sensor (CIS) example

In addition, MetaOptic Designer, ²ÝÁñÉçÇø¡¯ unique inverse-design tool for quickly and efficiently designing and simulating metalenes and metasurfaces, offers new capabilities:

• Can include lenses designed in ²ÝÁñÉçÇø¡¯ CODE V imaging design software
• Faster performance with more granular option/output controls
• Improved plotting, lens visualization, and material support

Photonic Device Compiler

• Updates to Alchemy to provide more control over callbacks and improved error checking of port and parameter names
• The Sentaurus TCAD improvements listed for the RSoft Photonic Device Tools are also available in Photonic Device Compiler

Industry Articles

• , PIC Magazine, pp. 20-23
• , Photonics Media
• , Newswise
• , Cheaper Lidar, Photonics Media
• , AZO Optics
• , Photonics Media

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