Crosslight is proud to announce new features & milestones for its upcoming v2019 release:

• Improved speed of 2.5D and 3D vectorial microcavity solvers
• Updated vectorial propagation model to support tapers in edge devices and 3D micro-lenses in microcavity vertical emitters
• New modal Near Field to Far-Field (NF-FF) transformation based on full vectorial field analysis
• Demonstration of fully-coupled optical simulation for a small VCSEL array (2×2 and 1×2)
• New Color gamut plot based on calculated LED spectrum
• New modern GUI based on Chromium and Node.js technologies
• Improved Design of Experiments features in GUI: this new “AutoTCAD” feature replaces the old “Series” interface in SimuCenter
• Improved material grading definition scheme for structures with repeated layers
• Improved edge bending scheme in layer files
• New AM modulation plot for lasers

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.

A new application note on Silicon Superjunction 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.

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, two students who worked with Crosslight TCAD tools in an academic setting split a prize for best class project.

Congratulations to the 2019 winners of this award:

• Yi-Chia Tsai for “Investigation of the Impact of Polarization and Auger Recombination on the Wurtzite and Zincblende GaN-Based LEDs”
• Shreyas Kane Dmello for “Design of Monolithic White LED Using InGaN/GaN/InGaN MQW Structures”

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