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Synopsys has introduced its latest RSoft Photonic Component Design Suite, the company's leading software for the design of photonic devices and components used in optical communications, optoelectronics and semiconductor manufacturing. The updated Version 2017.03 accelerates optoelectronic device analysis with an updated interface to Synopsys' Sentaurus TCAD products and new general monitor objects in the RSoft BeamPROP tool that can speed simulations of waveguide photodetectors by as much as 100x compared to finite-difference-time-domain (FDTD) methods. The release also builds on the RSoft tools' capabilities for modeling nanoscale optical structures with an improved bi-directional scattering distribution function (BSDF) calculation for mixed-level LED/OLED simulations.
The Sentaurus TCAD interface provides seamless integration of the RSoft optical tools in Sentaurus Workbench for in-depth, multidisciplinary simulations of optoelectronic devices. Usability improvements include support for systems with dispersive materials and dynamic updates of materials and the common simulation area. Native bi-directional data interchange between the RSoft tools and Sentaurus Workbench has been expanded to include the BeamPROP tool for waveguide detector simulation, giving designers a substantial speed advantage. Specifically, BeamPROP's new general monitor objects perform highly efficient optical power absorption calculations to speed photodetector simulations by up to 100x when compared to FDTD-based methods. This enables faster device characterization and optimization and also reduces time-to-market and development costs.
The release improves Synopsys' unique LightTools and RSoft mixed-level co-simulation method, which combines ray and wave-based techniques to incorporate polarized diffraction effects in LightTools' ray-tracing simulator with accuracy and efficiency. The co-simulation method uses the RSoft BSDF capability, which now performs more robust scattering calculations of polarization-dependent effects in nanoscale optical structures. This can be useful for designing LEDs and OLEDs used in high-efficiency backlights, projection display lighting and sensors. Click here to know more.
