In this two-day short course we will dive into the design of silicon
photonic circuits. Silicon photonics is the first technology that allows
the integration of thousands of optical building blocks on the surface
of a chip. This makes it necessary to start thinking of photonics in the
form of circuits, rather than individual building blocks. Like in
electronics, circuits combine simple blocks to achieve functionality and
complexity. In this course, we will take a hands-on approach toward
photonic circuit design. Using a web browser environment using Jupyter
notebooks, we will learn the basic design principles, construct simulate
photonic circuits and wavelength filters, use parametric design to
break down the complexity onto manageable parts, and simulate how our
circuit should work after fabrication, even in the presence of
imperfections.
Day 1
- Introduction: silicon photonics + design flow
- Building the first circuits
- Silicon waveguides, directional couplers
- parametric design, PCells, custom layouts
Day 2
- Wavelength Filters: lattice filters, AWGs , echelle gratings
- Variability in Photonic Circuits.
- Design Project
- Professor: Wim Bogaerts
- Professor: Niels Quack
