Advanced photonics design automation (PDA) software for integrated optoelectronic components and optical communication systems

Summary form only given. The talk presents the recent development in advanced photonic design automation (PDA) software for integrated optoelectronic components and optical communication systems. At first, various design challenges at component- and system-level are discussed, especially for these new applications such as photonic crystal devices, silicon photonics, VCSELs, EPICs, optical interconnects and high-speed optical links. Then the corresponding design solutions based on various numerical approaches are illustrated. In addition, advanced capabilities and future directions for PDA software including optimization, parallel computation visualization, and circuit level modeling are presented.