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Ansys Lumerical INTERCONNECT works seamlessly with Ansys Lumerical CML Compiler, Ansys Multiphysics solvers, and third-party EDA and Layout tool vendors to enable fast, accurate, scalable photonic IC development.
Ansys Lumerical INTERCONNECT
Photonic Integrated Circuit Simulator
Ansys Lumerical INTERCONNECT simulates classical and quantum photonic integrated circuits while enabling the co-design and co-simulation of photonic and electronic circuits on multiple EDA platforms.
Scalable Photonic IC Design
Unlock the Next-Gen of Photonic Integrated Circuits' Potential
INTERCONNECT offers a comprehensive design environment for classical and quantum photonic integrated circuits (PICs). It features the industry’s best-in-class electronic-photonic codesign and co-simulation capabilities and essential design workflows like SDL, LVS, and DRC, compatible with multiple EDA platforms. Designers can leverage Lumerical’s PDK-driven platform to efficiently create manufacturable and customizable photonic designs accounting for associated electronics, packaging, and links.
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Foundry Compatible and Customized Design
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Hierarchical System Design
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Design for Manufacturability
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Electronic-Photonic Design Automation
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Automation API (Lumerical scripting language, Python and MATLAB) -
Frequency Domain Analysis -
Time Domain Analysis -
Multimode, Multichannel, & Bidirectional, Mixed Signal Support
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Advanced Optimizations -
Parameter Sweeps -
Statistical Analysis -
Library of Photonic Compact Models
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Dedicated Quantum Photonic Circuit Simulator -
Travelling Wave Laser Model -
EDA Interoperability -
Multiphysics Workflows for Packaging and Thermal Management
JULY 2024
What's New
The Ansys Lumerical 2024 R2 brings powerful updates and features across its photonics core technologies, ecosystem, cloud and HPC, workflows, and user experience.
Lumerical INTERCONNECT SDL Flow
Improved flow between GDSFactory and Lumerical INTERCONNECT, facilitating seamless schematic-driven layout (SDL) workflows.
- Design PIC schematic and run simulation in Lumerical INTERCONNECT platform
- Export SPICE netlist to GDSFactory tool for automatic layout placement and routing
“We chose leading photonics simulation tool provider Ansys Lumerical as a partner in developing our first SOA compact model to bring our customers unparalleled design flexibility and confidence.”
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Moritz Baier, Head of the Photonic InP Foundry Group at Fraunhofer HHI
“The integrated electronic-photonic workflow provided by Ansys to co-design and co-simulate Silicon Photonics and CMOS chips is an indispensable tool to speed up our design process and results in better chips with fewer errors and a shorter time to market.”
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Jinsung Youn, R&D / Large-Scale Integrated Photonics / HP Labs
Scalable Photonic IC Design powered by Lumerical INTERCONNECT
Ansys Lumerical INTERCONNECT offers a comprehensive design environment for classical and quantum photonic integrated circuits (PICs).
Experience industry’s most advanced and extendible platform for co-design and co-simulation of electronic integrated circuits and PICs.
Key Features
Design and optimize a wide range of photonic integrated circuits using INTERCONNECT’s extensive library of models, ready to use foundry calibrated models, or customized compact models.
- PIC Design, Simulation, and Optimization
- Multiplatform EDA Enablement
- PDK Driven Design
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