Optiwave software can be used in different industries and applications, including Fiber Optic Communication, Sensing, Pharma/Bio, Military & Satcom, Test & Measurement, Fundamental Research, Solar Panels, Components / Devices, etc..
OptiSystem is a comprehensive software design suite that enables users to plan, test, and simulate optical links in the transmission layer of modern optical networks.
OptiSPICE is the first circuit design software for analysis of integrated circuits including interactions of optical and electronic components. It allows for the design and simulation of opto-electronic circuits at the transistor level, from laser drivers to transimpedance amplifiers, optical interconnects and electronic equalizers.
OptiFDTD is a powerful, highly integrated, and user friendly CAD environment that enables the design and simulation of advanced passive and non-linear photonic components.
OptiBPM is a comprehensive CAD environment used for the design of complex optical waveguides. Perform guiding, coupling, switching, splitting, multiplexing, and demultiplexing of optical signals in photonic devices.
The optimal design of a given optical communication system depends directly on the choice of fiber parameters. OptiFiber uses numerical mode solvers and other models specialized to fibers for calculating dispersion, losses, birefringence, and PMD.
Emerging as a de facto standard over the last decade, OptiGrating has delivered powerful and user friendly design software for modeling integrated and fiber optic devices that incorporate optical gratings.
Optiwave software can be used in different industries and applications, including Fiber Optic Communication, Sensing, Pharma/Bio, Military & Satcom, Test & Measurement, Fundamental Research, Solar Panels, Components / Devices, etc..
OptiSystem is a comprehensive software design suite that enables users to plan, test, and simulate optical links in the transmission layer of modern optical networks.
OptiSPICE is the first circuit design software for analysis of integrated circuits including interactions of optical and electronic components. It allows for the design and simulation of opto-electronic circuits at the transistor level, from laser drivers to transimpedance amplifiers, optical interconnects and electronic equalizers.
OptiFDTD is a powerful, highly integrated, and user friendly CAD environment that enables the design and simulation of advanced passive and non-linear photonic components.
OptiBPM is a comprehensive CAD environment used for the design of complex optical waveguides. Perform guiding, coupling, switching, splitting, multiplexing, and demultiplexing of optical signals in photonic devices.
The optimal design of a given optical communication system depends directly on the choice of fiber parameters. OptiFiber uses numerical mode solvers and other models specialized to fibers for calculating dispersion, losses, birefringence, and PMD.
Emerging as a de facto standard over the last decade, OptiGrating has delivered powerful and user friendly design software for modeling integrated and fiber optic devices that incorporate optical gratings.
What is the best Optiwave software to design
1.MZM (with 3dB couplers for example)
2.LEDs and laser diods with given materials and requirements
3.Coupled Resonant Optical Waveguides and Mux/Demux based on AWG
I don’t have a lot of experience with any of Optiwave products beside OptiSystem, so let me know about you opinion/experience, pls!
OptiBPM would be the software of choice for #1 and #3. For #2 it depends on what exactly you want to simulate and in fact since I believe you would want information about the cavity (reflections) you would need to use an FDTD approach (OptiFDTD).
ok, thanks for your replies! Damian, just want to make sure if OptiSPICE has an opportunity to work with materials design or it’s for simulations at the scheme/circuit level, like e.g. PSPICE?
OptiSPICE is definitely geared towards circuit level design, which include optical component and interconnects (waveguides, micro rings). As for material design in some ways it might, but I think from your description you really want to declare the exact physical structure and materials used to determine some type of result, which might be out of the scope for OptiSPICE. I would need to know a little more about what exactly you want to simulate to give you a straighter answer!
Are you interested in it’s electrical characteristics? The modes of the cavity? The reason for these questions is that OptiFDTD can accurately model the passive optical materials but cannot simulate active materials.
ok, thanks. I can start with OptiFDTD then. By the way, can you, please, guide me to similar (or close to it) examples from Optiwave tutorials/lessons?
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