Crosslight Software is glad to announce new features in version 2018.8 of its simulation software (PICS3D and APSYS).

• Full-3D VCSEL vectorial optical model based on novel FDFD method.
• Full-3D vectorial wave optical model based on novel FDFD method, opening new possibilities in modeling of silicon photonic waveguide devices.
• New 3D mesh system with new 3D GUI.
• UCB SPICE code imported into Crosslight software as a subset of minispice module. Both circuit-only and mixed-mode TCAD simulation can be performed and 2nd-order of time-stepping from
  UCB SPICE can be used in mix-mode TCAD.
• Floating contact with zero-sum current condition implemented in basic drift-diffusion solver.
• Two-photon absorption model implemented for material optical gain model.
• Bug fixes and model upgrade in various modules.

This version will be released later this year, 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 proud to announce the results of a pilot project with Assistant Professor Can Bayram of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. As part of this project, three students who worked with Crosslight TCAD tools in an academic setting split a prize for best class project.

Congratulations to the winners of this award: Kaitlyn Ann Parsons, Bryce Davis Smith and Haonan Wu.

A new application note on SiC MOSFET has been submitted by our collaborator, Dr. Gary Dolny. Sample input files are included on the main power device application page for interested users.

Crosslight is proud to announce a major breakthrough in VCSEL modeling. Our new vectorial microcavity mode solver greatly enhances PICS3D’s capability to model devices with oxide confinement layers and surface relief features. An updated presentation is available to demonstrate this feature.

This model should be available to customers in our official 2018 release; current PICS3D customers with an up-to-date maintenance agreement may contact their local Crosslight office to request early access to this model or arrange a demonstration version to try out this new feature.