Lumerical-OptoCompiler integration

Lumerical products offer seamless in-house integration with Synopsys OptoCompiler™ to address complex challenges in photonic integrated circuit design, where different tools were traditionally required to handle component design, circuit design, and layout design. 

With our integrated functionalities and workflows, you can seamlessly design individual photonic components, simulate photonic integrated circuits, create and implement layout, and conduct electro-optical co-simulation with specialized Synopsys tools that offers industry-proven capabilities, while minimizing the overhead of using multiple tools.

Note: All Lumerical-OptoCompiler interop functionalities are only available on Linux.

Capabilities

Photonic Component Design

The Lumerical-OptoCompiler photonic component design flow enables you to directly import OptoCompiler layout into Lumerical component solvers such as FDTD and MODE using the Layout Geometry Wizard tool. 

You can then run component-level simulations on the imported layout and build custom elements and PDKs for uses in circuit/system-level simulation tools, including INTERCONNECT and OptoCompiler.

The User guide section below contains description pages for using features that supports photonic component design with OptoCompiler. The Workflow examples section contains select application examples that utilizes this workflow to help you get started.

User Guide

• Lumerical-OptoCompiler EPDA environment setup for photonic component design
• Photonic component design with Lumerical and OptoCompiler
• Using an INTERCONNECT Compact Model Library (CML) in OptoCompiler

Workflow Examples

• Lumerical-OptoCompiler component design 1x2 MMI example

Photonic Integrated Circuit Design

Lumerical-OptoCompiler photonic integrated circuit design flow enables you to use Lumerical INTERCONNECT as a photonic simulation engine for the OptoCompiler design platform.

This workflow allows you to edit the schematic in OptoCompiler, run photonic simulation using INTERCONNECT, and view the results using the WaveView. By utilizing this workflow, you can use OptoCompiler as a unified photonic integrated circuit design cockpit, greatly simplifying the complex design process.

The User guide section below contains setup and usage instructions to run INTERCONNECT simulations with OptoCompiler, which is available only through Synopsys OptoCompiler documentations. The Workflow examples section contains select application examples that utilizes this workflow to help you get started.

User Guide

• Using INTERCONNECT as an engine in OptoCompiler
• OptoCompiler Product Manual – Chapter 6 – Setting up testbenches in the PrimeWave Design Environment

Workflow Examples

• OptoCompiler-INTERCONNECT Schematic Driven PIC design PAM4 example

Electro-Optical Co-Simulation

Lumerical CML Compiler can generate photonic Verilog-A model libraries for OptoCompiler. This capability allows you to simulate circuits that has both electrical and optical components from OptoCompiler, using the PrimeSim HSPICE or PrimeSim SPICE solvers, greatly accelerating the electro-optical system design process.

The Knowledge Base page OptoCompiler interoperability – Photonic Verilog-A contains resources for creating Verilog-A models for OptoCompiler and examples on how to use them.