[Dana SeyringerParticipant]

That would be great 🙂 I do not know if I will attend the conference but for sure I will attend the exhibition.

[Dana SeyringerParticipant]

I have tried both, first I have downloaded the free ware version from your homepage and instaled it on the computer where we do not have any OptiBPM and Phasar license. Already the first simulation did not work. The tool started calculation but after a few itterations brought the message that there is no license or license server connection. I do not remember exactly, however I sent you copy of this mesage a few weeks ago. I thought it is a problem of our computer and therefore as a next step I instaled the same version on another different computers with the same result. Only one of the used computers was able to finish the AWG simulation (already twice). But after it brought again the same message.

I also tried to copy the working Phasar directory to another computer but you are right it does not work.

Steve, I believe that the tool works on your computers and I am also sure the problem why it does not work on our computers is probably wrong computer configuration or something like that, but the truth is we can not use this free ware version of Phasar and I am so happy that we have one licensed OptiBPM version (including Phasar). I like this tool because I produces “real” results and is easy to use.

Will you be at ECOC in Cannes? If yes, I can bring my laptop with the Phasar free ware version and we can check it. Would it be an option for you?

[Dana SeyringerParticipant]

One more thing that I like particularly on WDM-Phasar is that it offers possibility of “AWG Design vizard”, that is, it designes the AWG structure itself, so the user does not have to do any calculations. Very usefull particularly for the beginners.

However, disadvantage of the tool is the speed. It is much slower that the other photonic tools. For example 128-ch, 10 GHz AWG took about 2 months.

Nevermind, the tool (compared to other photonics tools) produces “real” simulated results matching with the measurements. That’s the most important.

[Dana SeyringerParticipant]

Bryan, I am sure you are right. It is only pitty that I am the 2001st downloader, and the Phasar does not work on any of our computers :-).

[Dana SeyringerParticipant]

I have the same problem with WDM-PHasar tool, also freeware from Optiwave. Sometimes it works, mostly not. We have tried all, different computers, different versions. I also bought a months license for OptiBPM since WDM-Phasar was a part of it. Unfortunatelly, WDM-Phasar is not included in OptiBPM any more, so it did not help at all. I gave up.

[Dana SeyringerParticipant]

Hi,

I have been designing passive optical components (AWGs, splitters, etc.) for many years. I know also other photonics software tools (Apollo Photonics, R-Soft, etc.). Regarding optiBPM (WDM-Phasar) this tool is slower than the other tools but it offers the simulation results that match the best with the measurements and therefore it is my favourite. See: D.Seyringer, F.Uherek, J.Chovan and A.Kuzma: Design, Simulation and Evaluation of AWG Based Demultiplexers, 2012 IEEE International Conference on Advanced Semiconductor Devices & Microsystems (ASDAM), 11 to 15 November 2012, Smolenice (Slovakia), Published in IEEE Electron Devices (2013).DOI: 10.1109/ASDAM.2012.6418537

Attachments:

1. ASDAM-2012-poster1-small.pdf

[Dana SeyringerParticipant]

I am also a teacher at the university and have regularly Master students designing passive optical components. We own 3 different photonic tools but the Optiwave tool is mostly in use. It is very demonstrative for lectures and teaching process and user friendly for my Msc. students.