Crosslight is proud to announce new features & milestones for its upcoming v2023 release. In addition to multiple bug fixes and improvements, the following new feature/improvements were made:

• New emission spectrum model for microcavity structures, based on Green’s function theory
• The full 3D microcavity model has been upgraded to support symmetric boundary conditions. This enhancement enables PICS3D to save on mesh and simulation time buy solving either half or a quarter of the device. This flexibility is particularly beneficial for large or complex devices such as Photonic Crystal VCSELs and High Contrast Grating VCSELs
• New faster and memory-efficient eigensolvers available. These are automatically implemented for the optical mode solution in the microcavity model
• New compressed (zip) format available for the import/export of gain tables. This speeds up the process of loading material gain data from external solvers and allows for denser tables to be used more easily.

This version will be released in the coming weeks, after final testing has been completed. Customers with an up-to-date maintenance contract can contact their local sales representatives if they wish to try these new features right away.

We are pleased to announce that our proposal “Next Generation 3D Simulator for Surface Emitting Lasers” has been approved for support under the National Research Council Canada’s Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP).

Over the coming year, expect more PCSEL-related news as we continue to improve the software to handle this exciting new class of laser devices.