PIC Design Training

Thursday 18th to Friday 19th of November 2021

Valencia, Spain

 

Our partner VLC Photonics organises the second Annual Photonic Circuit Design Training. All POST-DIGITAL ESRs are invited to Valencia, where the practical training will be provided with the support of Synopsys.

 

The course will be based on a combination of Open-source (Python/Octave) and commercial software.  The commercial design software that will be used is Synopsys PIC Design Suite. Free trial licenses will be given for the whole duration of the course, and a discounted purchase option will be available after the course for all attendees who want so. More information can be found at:

https://www.synopsys.com/photonic-solutions/pic-design-suite.html

 

Each user will need their own laptop to install and run the software. A computer mouse is recommended.

 

The training will take place at  the Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación (“Salas CPI”) on the 3th floor of the building 8B, underground access J or terrace access (red cube) of the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (UPV).

https://www.upv.es/otros/como-llegar-upv/campus-vera/index-en.html http://www.upv.es/plano/plano-2d-es.html

Google maps link

 

 

The schedule of the training will be as follows:

 

 

Day	Session	Time	Instructor	Topic
1 Thursday 18th Nov	Intro	09:00 – 09:30		Welcome & VLC Presentation
	Intro	09:30 – 10:00		Synopsys Introduction
	1A	10:00 – 11:00		Software installation
		11:00 – 11:15		Coffee break
	1B	11:15 – 13:30		Waveguides -> Mode solving
		13:30 – 14:30		Lunch
	1C	14:30 – 16:00		Evanescent couplers and MMIs -> Design and simulation
		16:00 – 16:15		Coffee break
	1D	16:15 – 18:00		Mini-project #1: MZI design
Day	Session	Time		Topic
2 Friday 19th Nov	2A	09:00 – 11:00	Thermo-optics
		11:00 – 11:15		Coffee break
	2B	11:15 – 13:30	Mini-project #2: Tunable MZI design
		13:30 – 14:30		Lunch
	2C	14:30 – 16:00	Optodesigner Layout
		16:00 – 16:15		Coffee break
	2D	16:15 – 18:00	Circuit simulation with Optsim