Modeling of silicon photonics devices with Verilog-A

Passive and active silicon photonics devices are modeled using the Verilog-A language. The notion of bidirectional optical bus connecting devices is introduced. Models are implemented in SPICE electrical simulators and in standard EDA tools already used for CMOS circuit design.

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