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Modeling
and Design Tools for Heterogeneous Photonic Integrated Circuits--Polymath
Research Inc., 827 Bonde Court, Pleasanton, CA
94566; 925-417-0609
Dr.
Bedros B. Afeyan, Principal Investigator, bedros@polymath-usa.com
Ms.
Marine Mardirian, Business Official, marine@polymath-usa.com
DOE
Grant No. DE-FG03-01ER83294
Amount:
$99,962
The
design of photonics integrated circuits, to be used in the next generation of
sensors for national security applications, requires new and powerful modeling
techniques that are fast and not overly taxing on computer memory.
This project will develop universal modeling tools for integrated
photonics design using multi-scale physics simulation techniques such as a
combination of adaptive wavelet and finite element methods.
New photonics software packages will be built which can model
semiconductor laser devices and nonlinear optics processes in active and passive
waveguides, including photonic bandgap crystals.
In Phase I, two model problems will be addressed with and without
adaptive wavelet techniques to treat nonlinear optical processes in
two-dimensional waveguides and in a semiconductor laser diode.
The new finite element based solutions will be compared to finite
difference and spectral beam propagation code results, and the feasibility of
correctly simulating much more intricate devices using these new techniques will
be assessed.
Commercial Applications And Other Benefits as described by awardee: Universal design software for the photonics and telecommunications markets should revolutionize the way photonics devices are designed. Such software should minimize design cycle time, now bogged down today by trial and error techniques and by the lack of firm simulation guidance.