OptiKit : An Open Source Kit for Simulation of On-Chip Optical Components

This paper presents the design of OptiKit – an open source kit for simulating passive optical devices in embedded photonics based chips. OptiKit includes models for waveguides, parallel waveguides, multiple MMI devices, Y junctions, directional couplers, and waveguide bends. We describe the structure, basic physics, possible applications of each device, and the details of the devices included in OptiKit. Each device has been optimized for performance, and power, and has been tuned appropriately. All the devices can be simulated using the optical simulation software, RSoft, and its results can subsequently be incorporated in a traditional EDA based flow.

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