The document provides an overview of Lumerical's interconnect product, which is designed for photonic integrated circuit (PIC) simulation and design. It highlights key features such as time- and frequency-domain analysis, support for multimode and multi-element circuits, and integration with electrical simulators. The workflow for using the software includes adding circuit elements, running simulations, and analyzing results with various tools.

1. INTERCONNECT
PRODUCT OVERVIEW
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2. Lumerical Solutions Products
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FDTD Solutions
NANOPHOTONIC SOLVER (2D/3D)
MODE Solutions
WAVEGUIDE DESIGN ENVIRONMENT
spatial
distribution of
charge carriers optical generation
rate of charge
carriers
INTERCONNECT
PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT SIMULATOR
DEVICE
CHARGE TRANSPORT
SOLVER (2D/3D)
System Level
Component Level: Optical Component Level: Electrical

3. Lumerical Product Overview
All Lumerical products share common features
 Parameter sweep and optimization framework
 Concurrent computing on multiple computers
 Broad operating system support
 Windows, Linux, MAC
 HPC on Amazon EC2
 Powerful scripting language
 MATLAB integration
 Technical support from product specialists
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4. INTERCONNECT
Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC) design software for
 Integrated circuits
 silicon photonics components
 optical interconnects
Supports
 Time domain analysis with dynamic data flow simulator (DDF)
 Frequency domain analysis with scattering data analyzer (SDA)
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5. Applications
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6. INTERCONNECT Key Features
Model multimode, bidirectional, multi-channel and multi-element photonic integrated
circuits
Run both time- and frequency-domain simulations
 Dynamic data flow simulator (DDF) preforms time domain analysis, allowing for more
flexibility than traditional discrete time or time-driven simulators.
 Scattering data analyzer (SDA) calculates the frequency domain response
Netlist import/export supports co-simulation with electrical simulators and verification
tools
Rich library of idealized PIC elements allow for quick prototyping of PIC concepts
Sophisticated PIC compact models can be defined from
 Lumerical component-level solvers: FDTD, MODE, DEVICE
 Measured Data
 Foundry validated libraries
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7. INTERCONNECT Workflow
1. Add circuit elements
2. Add connections
3. Add analyzer elements
4. Set properties
5. Run simulation
6. Visualize and analyze results
7. (Optional) Run yield analysis, parameter sweep and
optimization
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8. INTERCONNECT Workflow
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Add circuit elements
 From element library
 From component
level simulations
From measured data
 From foundry
validated libraries
Add connections

9. INTERCONNECT Workflow
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Add analyzer
elements
Set properties

10. INTERCONNECT Workflow
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Run simulation
Analyze results

11. Create Circuit from Elements
Use results from complex device-level physics simulations
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Grating Coupler:
S-parameters
Waveguide:
Mode Information
Phase Modulator:
Opto-electronic Properties

12. Frequency Domain: Ring Resonators
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Scattering
data simulator
Hierarchical Photonic
Circuit Definition

13. Time Domain: 16QAM Transmitter
PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL
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Mixed signal
representation: digital,
electrical and optical
waveforms
Signal integrity
analysis

14. Interoperability: EDA Tool Integration
Mentor Graphics Pyxis Schematic captures PDK based
design
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15. Interoperability: EDA Tool Integration
Pyxis Layout performs SDL, waveguide routing
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16. Interoperability: EDA Tool Integration
Pyxis Schematic performs netlisting
Instance position file is generated (optional)
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17. Interoperability: EDA Tool Integration
INTERCONNECT imports SPICE style text based netlist
 Optionally import instance position file
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18. Interoperability: EDA Tool Integration
INTERCONNECT performs simulation
 View and analyze results in third party waveform viewer (EZWave)
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Third party waveform viewer
SPICE netlist
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