PICS3D

PICS3D, Photonic Integrated Circuit Simulator in 3D, is a state of the art 3D-simulator for surface and edge emission laser diodes, SOA, and other similar active waveguide devices. The 2D/3D semiconductor equations (drift-diffusion, Poisson, etc..) are coupled to the optical modes in both lateral and longitudinal directions. Optical properties such as quantum well/wire/dot optical gain and spontaneous emission rates are computed self-consistently. Click here for details.

Applications

DFB and DBR lasers
Edge-emitting lasers with strong longitudinal effects
Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSEL)
Semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOA)
Superluminescent diodes (SLED)
Waveguide photodetectors (WPD)
Electroabsorption modulators (EAM)
Tunable and external-cavity lasers
Semiconductor ring lasers
Sampled-grating, gain-coupled and 2nd-order gratings
Self-heating and thermal roll-over