Lumerical – Photonics Simulation & Design Software
Ansys Lumerical’s comprehensive suite of photonics simulation and analysis tools offers component-level and system-level simulations to optimise performance, minimise physical prototyping costs and reduce time-to-market. Enhanced design flows enable designers with compact models calibrated to leading foundry processes.
High Level Features
Ansys Lumerical, a complete photonics simulation software solution, enables the design of photonics components, circuits, and systems. Device and system level tools work together seamlessly allowing designers to model interacting optical, electrical, and thermal effects. Flexible interoperability between products enables a variety of workflows that combine device multiphysics and photonic circuit simulation with third-party design automation and productivity tools. Python-based automation and flows for building and using compact models support the industry’s leading foundries.
- Device-level Tools:
Use multiphysics-style simulation capabilities and workflows to model optical, electrical and thermal effects at the physical level.
- System-level Tools:
Simulate and optimise the performance of photonic integrated circuits and generate compact model libraries.
Capabilities
Ansys Lumerical’s photonics simulation and design capabilities enable engineers to model nanophotonics devices, circuits, processes, and materials.
- Circuit-level Simulation
- Nanophotonic Component-Level Simulation
- 3D CAD Environment with Post-Processing Capabilities
- PDK Workflows
- Automation and Scripting Support
- Laser Workflows
- Photonic Inverse Design with lumopt
- Compact Model Generation
